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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)	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	76

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