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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	Sudan	Albania	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	3,085	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	3,065	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	3,047	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	3,038	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	3,026	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	3,014	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,998	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,979	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,957	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,934	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,915	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,900	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,892	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	2,888	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	2,882	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	2,876	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	2,868	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	2,863	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	2,861	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	2,854	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	2,842	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	2,825	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	2,799	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	2,787	56,210

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, Sudan, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.