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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Myanmar (Burma)Congo - KinshasaSudan
45,01851,18126,168
45,61652,78226,771
46,17154,45327,387
46,69056,17028,017
47,20157,86028,662
47,69959,59929,321
48,19661,47429,996
48,67463,47930,686
49,15165,59031,393
49,50567,80032,137
49,89670,11433,078
50,28572,55033,891
50,81375,13834,568
51,36977,79235,293
51,87880,53436,093
52,37483,36837,058
52,90086,22938,165
53,41689,19339,294
53,91492,20940,512
54,40395,23241,764
54,88498,32042,952
55,355101,49944,121
55,815104,76745,290
56,210108,17146,498

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