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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	Iceland	Yemen	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	16,728	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	17,236	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	17,762	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	18,310	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	18,855	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	19,410	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	20,000	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	20,611	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	21,236	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	21,878	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	22,533	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	23,195	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	23,880	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	24,594	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	25,311	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	26,020	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	26,698	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	27,347	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	27,985	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	28,608	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	29,216	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	29,811	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	30,399	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	31,058	9,690

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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