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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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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

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

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; the database as a whole is cited above.