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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	Laos	Hungary	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	10,244	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	10,218	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	10,194	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	10,165	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	10,136	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	10,114	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	10,094	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	10,078	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	10,062	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	10,045	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	10,029	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	10,007	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	9,978	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	9,927	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	9,900	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	9,873	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	9,850	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	9,821	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	9,794	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	9,782	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	9,778	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	9,757	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	9,716	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	9,690	21,889

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.

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