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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)	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	2,048

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,

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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