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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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