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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	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	2,348	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	2,403	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	2,457	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	2,510	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	2,562	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	2,613	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	2,663	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	2,713	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	2,764	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	2,816	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	2,871	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	2,928	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	2,986	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	3,047	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	3,110	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	3,174	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	3,240	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	3,307	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	3,375	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	3,444	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	3,512	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	3,582	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	3,651	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	3,696	121,234

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,

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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