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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	Iceland	Sudan	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.