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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Myanmar (Burma)	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	5,286	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	5,397	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	5,499	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	5,578	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	5,654	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	5,746	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	5,836	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	5,931	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	6,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	6,145	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	6,257	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	6,368	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	6,477	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	6,586	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	6,695	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	6,804	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	6,912	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	7,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	7,127	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	7,234	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	7,343	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	7,452	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	7,560	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	7,666	108,171

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 Laos, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.