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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)	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	7,432

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