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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	Kenya	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.