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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	138	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	141	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	144	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	147	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	151	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	154	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	158	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	161	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	165	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	168	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	172	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	176	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	180	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	183	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	187	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	190	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	194	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	198	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	201	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	204	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	208	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	212	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	216	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	220	2,787

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.