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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)	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	28,418

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,

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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