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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 SeychellesOmanGhana
782,34819,327
792,40319,792
802,45720,280
812,51020,806
822,56221,350
832,61321,900
842,66322,469
852,71323,058
862,76423,661
872,81624,270
872,87124,899
882,92825,559
892,98626,244
903,04726,945
913,11027,664
923,17428,405
923,24029,146
933,30729,879
943,37530,617
953,44431,362
963,51232,111
973,58232,864
983,65133,622
983,69634,280

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 Seychelles, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.