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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Myanmar (Burma)	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	21,889	108,171

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