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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMyanmar (Burma)Burkina Faso
27345,01811,075
27445,61611,405
27546,17111,828
27646,69012,380
27847,20112,829
27947,69913,178
28048,19613,540
28148,67413,917
28249,15114,309
28349,50514,722
28549,89615,152
28650,28515,600
28750,81316,064
28851,36916,563
28951,87817,072
29052,37417,575
29152,90018,094
29153,41618,621
29253,91419,157
29354,40319,698
29454,88420,242
29455,35520,788
29555,81521,336
29556,21021,889

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.