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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Oman	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	2,348	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	2,403	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	2,457	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	2,510	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	2,562	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	2,613	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	2,663	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	2,713	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	2,764	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	2,816	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	2,871	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	2,928	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	2,986	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	3,047	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	3,110	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	3,174	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	3,240	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	3,307	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	3,375	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	3,444	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	3,512	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	3,582	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	3,651	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	3,696	29,417

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Oman, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.