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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	Myanmar (Burma)	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	2,787	530

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.