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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 Myanmar (Burma)Albania
45,0183,085
45,6163,065
46,1713,047
46,6903,038
47,2013,026
47,6993,014
48,1962,998
48,6742,979
49,1512,957
49,5052,934
49,8962,915
50,2852,900
50,8132,892
51,3692,888
51,8782,882
52,3742,876
52,9002,868
53,4162,863
53,9142,861
54,4032,854
54,8842,842
55,3552,825
55,8152,799
56,2102,787

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 Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.