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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)Central African Republic
27345,0183,889
27445,6163,980
27546,1714,054
27646,6904,128
27847,2014,215
27947,6994,289
28048,1964,363
28148,6744,449
28249,1514,544
28349,5054,641
28549,8964,742
28650,2854,845
28750,8134,950
28851,3695,057
28951,8785,167
29052,3745,278
29152,9005,392
29153,4165,507
29253,9145,625
29354,4035,745
29454,8845,874
29455,3556,025
29555,8156,154
29556,2106,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.