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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)	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	9,918

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, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.