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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Afghanistan	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	34,280

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.