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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	79,346	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,131	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	83,023	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	84,876	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	86,697	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	88,568	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	90,418	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	92,253	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	94,098	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	95,923	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	97,627	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	99,317	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	100,999	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	102,618	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	104,299	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	106,076	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	107,868	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	109,493	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	111,094	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	112,843	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	114,636	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	117,026	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	119,473	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	121,234	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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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.