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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	Moldova	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.