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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Myanmar (Burma)	Burkina Faso	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	11,075	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	11,405	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	11,828	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	12,380	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	12,829	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	13,178	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	13,540	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	13,917	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	14,309	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	14,722	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	15,152	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	15,600	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	16,064	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	16,563	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	17,072	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	17,575	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	18,094	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	18,621	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	19,157	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	19,698	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	20,242	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	20,788	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	21,336	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	21,889	7,432

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