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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	Laos	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.