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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 BarbadosBurkina FasoMyanmar (Burma)
27311,07545,018
27411,40545,616
27511,82846,171
27612,38046,690
27812,82947,201
27913,17847,699
28013,54048,196
28113,91748,674
28214,30949,151
28314,72249,505
28515,15249,896
28615,60050,285
28716,06450,813
28816,56351,369
28917,07251,878
29017,57552,374
29118,09452,900
29118,62153,416
29219,15753,914
29319,69854,403
29420,24254,884
29420,78855,355
29521,33655,815
29521,88956,210

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.

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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

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.