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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	Cambodia	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	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

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