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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	Iran	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.