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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	Malta	Romania	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	22,414	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	22,262	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	22,106	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	21,931	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	21,828	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	21,704	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	21,571	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	21,443	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,129	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	20,779	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	20,607	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	20,485	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	20,385	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	20,296	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	20,224	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	20,151	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	20,055	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	19,938	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,823	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,713	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	19,622	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	19,496	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	19,351	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.