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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	Luxembourg	Albania	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	3,085	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	3,065	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	3,047	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	3,038	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	3,026	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	3,014	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	2,998	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	2,979	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	2,957	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	2,934	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	2,915	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	2,900	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	2,892	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	2,888	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	2,882	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	2,876	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	2,868	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	2,863	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	2,861	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	2,854	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	2,842	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	2,825	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	2,799	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	2,787	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

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, Luxembourg, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.