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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)	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	273
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	274
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	275
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	276
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	278
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	279
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	280
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	281
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	282
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	283
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	285
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	286
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	287
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	288
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	289
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	290
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	291
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	291
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	292
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	293
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	294
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	294
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	295
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	295

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.