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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Oman	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	2,348	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	2,403	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	2,457	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	2,510	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	2,562	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	2,613	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	2,663	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	2,713	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	2,764	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	2,816	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	2,871	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	2,928	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	2,986	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	3,047	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	3,110	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	3,174	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	3,240	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	3,307	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	3,375	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	3,444	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	3,512	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	3,582	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	3,651	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	3,696	1,883

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, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.