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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	Barbados	Bangladesh	Oman	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	2,348	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	2,403	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	2,457	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	2,510	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	2,562	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	2,613	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	2,663	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	2,713	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	2,764	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	2,816	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	2,871	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	2,928	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	2,986	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	3,047	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	3,110	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	3,174	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	3,240	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	3,307	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	3,375	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	3,444	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	3,512	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	3,582	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	3,651	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	3,696	56,210

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.

All data sources

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.