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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	Madagascar	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.