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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	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	19,266

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.