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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	2,348	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	2,403	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	2,457	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	2,510	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	2,562	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	2,613	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	2,663	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	2,713	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	2,764	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	2,816	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	2,871	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	2,928	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	2,986	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	3,047	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	3,110	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	3,174	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	3,240	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	3,307	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	3,375	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	3,444	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	3,512	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	3,582	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	3,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	3,696	2,559

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