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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)	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	174,217

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,

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.