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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	2,348	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	2,403	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	2,457	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	2,510	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	2,562	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	2,613	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	2,663	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	2,713	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	2,764	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	2,816	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	2,871	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	2,928	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	2,986	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	3,047	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	3,110	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	3,174	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	3,240	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	3,307	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	3,375	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	3,444	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	3,512	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	3,582	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	3,651	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	3,696	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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