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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	Iceland	Paraguay	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,366	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,473	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,579	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,683	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,786	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,886	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,984	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	6,080	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,173	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,264	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,352	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,438	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,522	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,605	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,688	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,769	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,850	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	6,930	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,012	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,095	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,179	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,263	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,348	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,432	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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.