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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)YemenCongo - Kinshasa
45,01816,72851,181
45,61617,23652,782
46,17117,76254,453
46,69018,31056,170
47,20118,85557,860
47,69919,41059,599
48,19620,00061,474
48,67420,61163,479
49,15121,23665,590
49,50521,87867,800
49,89622,53370,114
50,28523,19572,550
50,81323,88075,138
51,36924,59477,792
51,87825,31180,534
52,37426,02083,368
52,90026,69886,229
53,41627,34789,193
53,91427,98592,209
54,40328,60895,232
54,88429,21698,320
55,35529,811101,499
55,81530,399104,767
56,21031,058108,171

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