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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	Sudan	Oman	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	2,348	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	2,403	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	2,457	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	2,510	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	2,562	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	2,613	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	2,663	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	2,713	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	2,764	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	2,816	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	2,871	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	2,928	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	2,986	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	3,047	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	3,110	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	3,174	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	3,240	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	3,307	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	3,375	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	3,444	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	3,512	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	3,582	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	3,651	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	3,696	56,210

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