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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	2,348	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	2,403	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	2,457	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	2,510	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	2,562	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	2,613	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	2,663	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	2,713	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	2,764	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	2,816	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	2,871	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	2,928	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	2,986	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	3,047	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	3,110	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	3,174	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	3,240	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	3,307	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	3,375	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	3,444	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	3,512	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	3,582	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	3,651	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	3,696	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.