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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Oman	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	2,348	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	2,403	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	2,457	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	2,510	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	2,562	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	2,613	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	2,663	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	2,713	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	2,764	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	2,816	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	2,871	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	2,928	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	2,986	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	3,047	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	3,110	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	3,174	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	3,240	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	3,307	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	3,375	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	3,444	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	3,512	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	3,582	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	3,651	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	3,696	19,512

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