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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.