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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	Sri Lanka	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	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

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.