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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	Oman	Myanmar (Burma)	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	45,018	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	45,616	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	46,171	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	46,690	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	47,201	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	47,699	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	48,196	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	48,674	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	49,151	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	49,505	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	49,896	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	50,285	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	50,813	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	51,369	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	51,878	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	52,374	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	52,900	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	53,416	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	53,914	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	54,403	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	54,884	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	55,355	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	55,815	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	56,210	530

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