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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	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	6,720

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.

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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.

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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