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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)	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	63,382

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,

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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