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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	Lesotho	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,908	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,916	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,922	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,926	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,926	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,925	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,922	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,919	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,917	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,915	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,916	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,920	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,925	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,930	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,936	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,942	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,948	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,953	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,958	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,962	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,987	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,013	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,037	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,059	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, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.