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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date HaitiCongo - KinshasaGhana
8,12151,18119,327
8,27952,78219,792
8,43054,45320,280
8,58056,17020,806
8,73957,86021,350
8,90059,59921,900
9,06161,47422,469
9,21663,47923,058
9,36465,59023,661
9,50867,80024,270
9,65270,11424,899
9,55372,55025,559
9,67075,13826,244
9,79377,79226,945
9,92280,53427,664
10,04783,36828,405
10,25486,22929,146
10,48689,19329,879
10,64792,20930,617
10,78895,23231,362
10,93398,32032,111
11,077101,49932,864
11,215104,76733,622
11,349108,17134,280

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 Haiti, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.