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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 - KinshasaYemenMyanmar (Burma)
51,18116,72845,018
52,78217,23645,616
54,45317,76246,171
56,17018,31046,690
57,86018,85547,201
59,59919,41047,699
61,47420,00048,196
63,47920,61148,674
65,59021,23649,151
67,80021,87849,505
70,11422,53349,896
72,55023,19550,285
75,13823,88050,813
77,79224,59451,369
80,53425,31151,878
83,36826,02052,374
86,22926,69852,900
89,19327,34753,416
92,20927,98553,914
95,23228,60854,403
98,32029,21654,884
101,49929,81155,355
104,76730,39955,815
108,17131,05856,210

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