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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Myanmar (Burma)	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	45,018	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	45,616	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	46,171	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	46,690	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	47,201	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	47,699	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	48,196	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	48,674	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	49,151	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	49,505	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	49,896	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	50,285	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	50,813	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	51,369	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	51,878	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	52,374	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	52,900	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	53,416	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	53,914	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	54,403	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	54,884	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	55,355	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	55,815	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	56,210	108,171

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 Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.