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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	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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