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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	Dominica	Barbados	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	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 Dominica, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.