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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	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	22,414	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	22,262	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	22,106	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	21,931	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	21,828	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	21,704	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	21,571	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	21,443	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	21,129	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	20,779	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	20,607	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	20,485	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	20,385	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	20,296	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	20,224	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	20,151	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	20,055	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	19,938	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	19,823	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	19,713	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	19,622	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	19,496	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	19,351	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	19,266	3,696	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.

All data sources

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.

No separate list is published for Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.