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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	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

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.