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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 GhanaOmanSeychelles
19,3272,34878
19,7922,40379
20,2802,45780
20,8062,51081
21,3502,56282
21,9002,61383
22,4692,66384
23,0582,71385
23,6612,76486
24,2702,81687
24,8992,87187
25,5592,92888
26,2442,98689
26,9453,04790
27,6643,11091
28,4053,17492
29,1463,24092
29,8793,30793
30,6173,37594
31,3623,44495
32,1113,51296
32,8643,58297
33,6223,65198
34,2803,69698

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