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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 FasoBarbados
45,01811,075273
45,61611,405274
46,17111,828275
46,69012,380276
47,20112,829278
47,69913,178279
48,19613,540280
48,67413,917281
49,15114,309282
49,50514,722283
49,89615,152285
50,28515,600286
50,81316,064287
51,36916,563288
51,87817,072289
52,37417,575290
52,90018,094291
53,41618,621291
53,91419,157292
54,40319,698293
54,88420,242294
55,35520,788294
55,81521,336295
56,21021,889295

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