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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	Paraguay	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	5,366	273
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	5,473	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	5,579	275
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	5,683	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	5,786	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	5,886	279
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	5,984	280
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	6,080	281
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	6,173	282
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	6,264	283
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	6,352	285
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	6,438	286
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	6,522	287
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	6,605	288
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	6,688	289
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	6,769	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	6,850	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	6,930	291
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	7,012	292
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	7,095	293
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	7,179	294
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	7,263	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	7,348	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	7,432	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.

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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 Paraguay, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.