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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	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	46,498	530

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 Sudan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.