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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)	Estonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	1,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	1,400	274
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	1,391	275
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	1,382	276
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	1,374	278
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	1,365	279
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	1,357	280
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	1,349	281
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	1,341	282
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	1,337	283
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	1,334	285
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	1,332	286
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	1,328	287
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	1,324	288
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	1,319	289
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	1,314	290
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	1,312	291
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	1,314	291
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	1,314	292
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	1,318	293
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	1,323	294
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	1,327	294
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	1,329	295
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	1,330	295

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