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

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