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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	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	5,185

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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.