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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	Iceland	Myanmar (Burma)	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	45,018	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	45,616	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	46,171	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	46,690	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,201	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	47,699	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,196	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,674	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	49,151	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,505	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,896	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	50,285	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	50,813	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	51,369	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	51,878	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	52,374	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	52,900	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	53,416	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	53,914	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	54,403	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	54,884	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	55,355	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	55,815	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	56,210	46,498

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.