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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)OmanLuxembourg
45,0182,348433
45,6162,403438
46,1712,457443
46,6902,510448
47,2012,562454
47,6992,613460
48,1962,663467
48,6742,713474
49,1512,764482
49,5052,816491
49,8962,871500
50,2852,928509
50,8132,986521
51,3693,047533
51,8783,110547
52,3743,174560
52,9003,240571
53,4163,307586
53,9143,375599
54,4033,444610
54,8843,512623
55,3553,582633
55,8153,651643
56,2103,696651

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