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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	108,171	530

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