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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)AlbaniaPhilippines
45,0183,08579,346
45,6163,06581,131
46,1713,04783,023
46,6903,03884,876
47,2013,02686,697
47,6993,01488,568
48,1962,99890,418
48,6742,97992,253
49,1512,95794,098
49,5052,93495,923
49,8962,91597,627
50,2852,90099,317
50,8132,892100,999
51,3692,888102,618
51,8782,882104,299
52,3742,876106,076
52,9002,868107,868
53,4162,863109,493
53,9142,861111,094
54,4032,854112,843
54,8842,842114,636
55,3552,825117,026
55,8152,799119,473
56,2102,787121,234

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,

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.