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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 LuxembourgOmanMyanmar (Burma)
4332,34845,018
4382,40345,616
4432,45746,171
4482,51046,690
4542,56247,201
4602,61347,699
4672,66348,196
4742,71348,674
4822,76449,151
4912,81649,505
5002,87149,896
5092,92850,285
5212,98650,813
5333,04751,369
5473,11051,878
5603,17452,374
5713,24052,900
5863,30753,416
5993,37553,914
6103,44454,403
6233,51254,884
6333,58255,355
6433,65155,815
6513,69656,210

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 Luxembourg, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.