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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)	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	45,018	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	45,616	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	46,171	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	46,690	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	47,201	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	47,699	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	48,196	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	48,674	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	49,151	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	49,505	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	49,896	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	50,285	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	50,813	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	51,369	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	51,878	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	52,374	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	52,900	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	53,416	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	53,914	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	54,403	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	54,884	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	55,355	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	55,815	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	56,210	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.