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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)OmanBarbados
45,0182,348273
45,6162,403274
46,1712,457275
46,6902,510276
47,2012,562278
47,6992,613279
48,1962,663280
48,6742,713281
49,1512,764282
49,5052,816283
49,8962,871285
50,2852,928286
50,8132,986287
51,3693,047288
51,8783,110289
52,3743,174290
52,9003,240291
53,4163,307291
53,9143,375292
54,4033,444293
54,8843,512294
55,3553,582294
55,8153,651295
56,2103,696295

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