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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 FasoSudan
45,01811,07526,168
45,61611,40526,771
46,17111,82827,387
46,69012,38028,017
47,20112,82928,662
47,69913,17829,321
48,19613,54029,996
48,67413,91730,686
49,15114,30931,393
49,50514,72232,137
49,89615,15233,078
50,28515,60033,891
50,81316,06434,568
51,36916,56335,293
51,87817,07236,093
52,37417,57537,058
52,90018,09438,165
53,41618,62139,294
53,91419,15740,512
54,40319,69841,764
54,88420,24242,952
55,35520,78844,121
55,81521,33645,290
56,21021,88946,498

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