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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	Madagascar	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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

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 Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.