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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	11,075	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	11,405	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	11,828	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	12,380	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	12,829	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	13,178	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	13,540	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	13,917	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	14,309	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	14,722	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	15,152	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	15,600	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	16,064	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	16,563	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	17,072	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	17,575	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	18,094	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	18,621	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	19,157	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	19,698	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	20,242	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	20,788	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	21,336	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	21,889	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

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