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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 - KinshasaMyanmar (Burma)Paraguay
51,18145,0185,366
52,78245,6165,473
54,45346,1715,579
56,17046,6905,683
57,86047,2015,786
59,59947,6995,886
61,47448,1965,984
63,47948,6746,080
65,59049,1516,173
67,80049,5056,264
70,11449,8966,352
72,55050,2856,438
75,13850,8136,522
77,79251,3696,605
80,53451,8786,688
83,36852,3746,769
86,22952,9006,850
89,19353,4166,930
92,20953,9147,012
95,23254,4037,095
98,32054,8847,179
101,49955,3557,263
104,76755,8157,348
108,17156,2107,432

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