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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	Myanmar (Burma)	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	2,787	108,171

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.

All data sources

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, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.