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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	Ghana	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	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.

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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.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.