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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	Burkina Faso	Hungary	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	10,244	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	10,218	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	10,194	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	10,165	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	10,136	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	10,114	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	10,094	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	10,078	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	10,062	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	10,045	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	10,029	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	10,007	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	9,978	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	9,927	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	9,900	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	9,873	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	9,850	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	9,821	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	9,794	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	9,782	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	9,778	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	9,757	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	9,716	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	9,690	167

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, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.