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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 Congo - KinshasaDominicaMyanmar (Burma)
51,1817045,018
52,7827145,616
54,4537146,171
56,1707246,690
57,8607247,201
59,5997247,699
61,4747248,196
63,4797248,674
65,5907249,151
67,8007349,505
70,1147349,896
72,5507350,285
75,1387350,813
77,7927351,369
80,5347351,878
83,3687352,374
86,2297452,900
89,1937453,416
92,2097453,914
95,2327454,403
98,3207554,884
101,4997555,355
104,7677655,815
108,1717656,210

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