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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)	Burkina Faso	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	11,075	433
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	11,405	438
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	11,828	443
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	12,380	448
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	12,829	454
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	13,178	460
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	13,540	467
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	13,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	14,309	482
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	14,722	491
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	15,152	500
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	16,064	521
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	16,563	533
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	17,072	547
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	17,575	560
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	18,094	571
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	18,621	586
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	19,157	599
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	19,698	610
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	20,242	623
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	20,788	633
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	21,336	643
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	21,889	651

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