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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)OmanLithuania
45,0182,3483,419
45,6162,4033,395
46,1712,4573,367
46,6902,5103,340
47,2012,5623,313
47,6992,6133,276
48,1962,6633,223
48,6742,7133,172
49,1512,7643,134
49,5052,8163,102
49,8962,8713,068
50,2852,9283,004
50,8132,9862,937
51,3693,0472,898
51,8783,1102,869
52,3743,1742,844
52,9003,2402,818
53,4163,3072,782
53,9143,3752,744
54,4033,4442,718
54,8843,5122,710
55,3553,5822,711
55,8153,6512,724
56,2103,6962,748

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