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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Oman	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	2,348	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	2,403	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	2,457	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	2,510	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	2,562	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	2,613	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	2,663	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	2,713	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	2,764	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	2,816	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	2,871	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	2,928	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	2,986	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	3,047	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	3,110	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	3,174	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	3,240	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	3,307	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	3,375	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	3,444	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	3,512	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	3,582	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	3,651	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	3,696	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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