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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tunisia	Congo - Kinshasa	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	108,171	56,210

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