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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	5,042

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 Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.