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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 - KinshasaQatarMyanmar (Burma)
51,18162745,018
52,78265945,616
54,45369146,171
56,17072446,690
57,86075747,201
59,59985047,699
61,4741,00148,196
63,4791,15348,674
65,5901,30649,151
67,8001,46049,505
70,1141,61549,896
72,5501,77050,285
75,1381,90450,813
77,7922,01051,369
80,5342,10351,878
83,3682,18752,374
86,2292,26152,900
89,1932,32653,416
92,2092,38453,914
95,2322,43554,403
98,3202,48054,884
101,4992,51955,355
104,7672,55355,815
108,1712,55956,210

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

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