Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Myanmar (Burma)	Congo - Kinshasa	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	51,181	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	52,782	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	54,453	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	56,170	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	57,860	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	59,599	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	61,474	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	63,479	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	65,590	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	67,800	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	70,114	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	72,550	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	75,138	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	77,792	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	80,534	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	83,368	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	86,229	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	89,193	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	92,209	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	95,232	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	98,320	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	101,499	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	104,767	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	108,171	1,330

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.

All data sources

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