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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)Burkina Faso
45,01811,075
45,61611,405
46,17111,828
46,69012,380
47,20112,829
47,69913,178
48,19613,540
48,67413,917
49,15114,309
49,50514,722
49,89615,152
50,28515,600
50,81316,064
51,36916,563
51,87817,072
52,37417,575
52,90018,094
53,41618,621
53,91419,157
54,40319,698
54,88420,242
55,35520,788
55,81521,336
56,21021,889

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.