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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)OmanSt. Lucia
45,0182,348152
45,6162,403153
46,1712,457154
46,6902,510155
47,2012,562156
47,6992,613157
48,1962,663157
48,6742,713158
49,1512,764159
49,5052,816160
49,8962,871160
50,2852,928161
50,8132,986162
51,3693,047162
51,8783,110163
52,3743,174163
52,9003,240164
53,4163,307164
53,9143,375165
54,4033,444166
54,8843,512166
55,3553,582167
55,8153,651167
56,2103,696167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.