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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)	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	13,439

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