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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Italy	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	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.

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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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.