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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Albania	Hungary	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	10,244	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	10,218	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	10,194	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	10,165	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	10,136	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	10,114	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	10,094	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	10,078	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	10,062	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	10,045	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	10,029	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	10,007	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	9,978	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	9,927	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	9,900	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	9,873	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	9,850	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	9,821	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	9,794	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	9,782	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	9,778	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	9,757	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	9,716	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	9,690	31,058

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.

All data sources

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

Hungary

1870-1913: L. Katus, "Economic Growth in Hungary during the Age of Dualism (1867-1913)" in E. Pemlenyi, ed., Social Economic Research in the History of East Central Europe, Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1970, p.108 and J. Komlos, The Habsburg Monarchy as a Customs Union, Princeton, 1983, pp. 291-3
1900-42: A. Eckstein, "National Income and Capital Formation in Hungary, 1900-50", in S. Kuznets, ed., Income and Wealth, series V GNP index, Bowes and Bowes, London, 1955, p. 175
1938-50: from L. Czirjak, "Hungarian GNP by Sectors of Origin of Product and End Uses, 1938 and 1946-67", Occasional Paper 43, Research Project on East Central Europe, New York, 1973.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Albania, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.