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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Myanmar (Burma)	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	51,181	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	52,782	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	54,453	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	56,170	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	57,860	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	59,599	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	61,474	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	63,479	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	65,590	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	67,800	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	70,114	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	72,550	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	75,138	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	77,792	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	80,534	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	83,368	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	86,229	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	89,193	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	92,209	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	95,232	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	98,320	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	101,499	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	104,767	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	108,171	121,234

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,

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.