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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)	France
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	68,387

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,

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.