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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Myanmar (Burma)	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	108,171	3,570

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