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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaAlbaniaMyanmar (Burma)
703,08545,018
713,06545,616
713,04746,171
723,03846,690
723,02647,201
723,01447,699
722,99848,196
722,97948,674
722,95749,151
732,93449,505
732,91549,896
732,90050,285
732,89250,813
732,88851,369
732,88251,878
732,87652,374
742,86852,900
742,86353,416
742,86153,914
742,85454,403
752,84254,884
752,82555,355
762,79955,815
762,78756,210

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