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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Oman	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	2,348	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	2,403	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	2,457	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	2,510	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	2,562	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	2,613	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	2,663	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	2,713	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	2,764	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	2,816	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	2,871	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	2,928	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	2,986	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	3,047	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	3,110	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	3,174	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	3,240	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	3,307	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	3,375	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	3,444	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	3,512	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	3,582	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	3,651	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	3,696	19,266	295

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.

All data sources

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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