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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	Hungary	Burkina Faso	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	11,075	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	11,405	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	11,828	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	12,380	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	12,829	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	13,178	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	13,540	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	13,917	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	14,309	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	14,722	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	15,152	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	15,600	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	16,563	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	17,072	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	17,575	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	18,094	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	18,621	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	19,157	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	19,698	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	20,242	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	20,788	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	21,336	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	21,889	10,099

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.