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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	11,075	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	11,405	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	11,828	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	12,380	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	12,829	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	13,178	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	13,540	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	13,917	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	14,309	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	14,722	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	15,152	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	16,064	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	16,563	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	17,072	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	17,575	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	18,094	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	18,621	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	19,157	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	19,698	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	20,242	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	20,788	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	21,336	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	21,889	651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.