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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Myanmar (Burma)	Burkina Faso	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	11,075	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	11,405	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	11,828	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	12,380	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	12,829	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	13,178	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	13,540	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	13,917	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	14,309	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	14,722	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	15,152	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	15,600	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	16,563	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	17,072	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	17,575	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	18,094	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	18,621	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	19,157	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	19,698	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	20,242	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	20,788	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	21,336	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	21,889	10,099

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.