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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 MaliRomaniaMyanmar (Burma)
10,59622,41445,018
10,83322,26245,616
10,89022,10646,171
11,00721,93146,690
11,30721,82847,201
11,57921,70447,699
11,80421,57148,196
12,04321,44348,674
12,33721,12949,151
12,65720,77949,505
12,98620,60749,896
13,32520,48550,285
13,67920,38550,813
14,04020,29651,369
14,41220,22451,878
14,80320,15152,374
15,21020,05552,900
15,62919,93853,416
16,06019,82353,914
16,50719,71354,403
16,96719,62254,884
17,44219,49655,355
17,93019,35155,815
18,49419,26656,210

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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 Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.