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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Oman	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	2,348	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	2,403	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	2,457	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	2,510	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	2,562	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	2,613	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	2,663	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	2,713	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	2,764	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	2,816	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	2,871	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	2,928	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	2,986	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	3,047	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	3,110	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	3,174	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	3,240	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	3,307	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	3,375	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	3,444	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	3,512	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	3,582	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	3,651	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	3,696	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.