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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	31,845

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, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.