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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	Romania	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,244	22,414	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,218	22,262	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,194	22,106	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,165	21,931	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,136	21,828	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,114	21,704	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,094	21,571	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,078	21,443	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,062	21,129	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,045	20,779	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,029	20,607	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,007	20,485	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,978	20,385	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,927	20,296	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,900	20,224	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,873	20,151	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,850	20,055	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,821	19,938	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,794	19,823	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,782	19,713	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,778	19,622	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,757	19,496	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,716	19,351	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,690	19,266	174,217

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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