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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	Dominica	Iceland	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	277	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	281	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	285	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	288	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	289	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	293	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	296	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	304	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	311	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	319	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	319	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	318	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	319	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	321	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	324	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	327	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	331	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	335	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	343	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	353	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	361	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	366	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	372	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	380	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.