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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GhanaOmanSaudi Arabia
19,3272,34819,964
19,7922,40320,426
20,2802,45720,956
20,8062,51021,549
21,3502,56222,189
21,9002,61322,850
22,4692,66323,516
23,0582,71324,178
23,6612,76424,841
24,2702,81625,518
24,8992,87126,227
25,5592,92827,068
26,2442,98627,810
26,9453,04728,516
27,6643,11029,220
28,4053,17429,936
29,1463,24030,646
29,8793,30731,360
30,6173,37532,184
31,3623,44432,869
32,1113,51233,661
32,8643,58234,542
33,6223,65133,651
34,2803,69634,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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