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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)	Oman	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	3,696	530

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.