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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 DominicaCongo - KinshasaMyanmar (Burma)
7051,18145,018
7152,78245,616
7154,45346,171
7256,17046,690
7257,86047,201
7259,59947,699
7261,47448,196
7263,47948,674
7265,59049,151
7367,80049,505
7370,11449,896
7372,55050,285
7375,13850,813
7377,79251,369
7380,53451,878
7383,36852,374
7486,22952,900
7489,19353,416
7492,20953,914
7495,23254,403
7598,32054,884
75101,49955,355
76104,76755,815
76108,17156,210

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