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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)Estonia
45,0181,378
45,6161,400
46,1711,391
46,6901,382
47,2011,374
47,6991,365
48,1961,357
48,6741,349
49,1511,341
49,5051,337
49,8961,334
50,2851,332
50,8131,328
51,3691,324
51,8781,319
52,3741,314
52,9001,312
53,4161,314
53,9141,314
54,4031,318
54,8841,323
55,3551,327
55,8151,329
56,2101,330

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 Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.