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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)	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	7,387

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,

No separate list is published for Barbados, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.