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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.