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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	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	108,171

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.

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