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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	Central African Republic	Oman	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	2,348	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	2,403	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	2,457	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	2,510	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	2,562	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	2,613	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	2,663	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	2,713	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	2,764	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	2,816	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	2,871	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	2,928	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	2,986	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	3,047	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	3,110	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	3,174	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	3,240	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	3,307	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	3,375	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	3,444	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	3,512	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	3,582	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	3,651	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	3,696	9,690

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, Central African Republic, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.