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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	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	22,239

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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