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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)	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	2,748

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