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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 DenmarkCongo - KinshasaMyanmar (Burma)
5,32251,18145,018
5,33952,78245,616
5,35854,45346,171
5,37756,17046,690
5,39157,86047,201
5,40459,59947,699
5,42061,47448,196
5,43863,47948,674
5,46165,59049,151
5,49467,80049,505
5,52470,11449,896
5,54872,55050,285
5,57175,13850,813
5,59277,79251,369
5,61480,53451,878
5,64483,36852,374
5,68386,22952,900
5,73089,19353,416
5,76692,20953,914
5,79595,23254,403
5,81898,32054,884
5,831101,49955,355
5,855104,76755,815
5,907108,17156,210

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 Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.