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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)	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	45,018	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	45,616	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	46,171	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	46,690	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	47,201	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	47,699	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	48,196	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	48,674	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	49,151	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	49,505	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	49,896	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	50,285	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	50,813	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	51,369	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	51,878	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	52,374	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	52,900	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	53,416	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	53,914	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	54,403	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	54,884	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	55,355	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	55,815	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	56,210	31,058

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