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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	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	3,696	39,252

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.