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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	Puerto Rico	Hungary	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	10,244	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	10,218	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	10,194	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	10,165	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	10,136	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	10,114	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	10,094	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	10,078	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	10,062	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	10,045	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	10,029	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	10,007	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	9,978	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	9,927	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	9,900	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	9,873	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	9,850	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	9,821	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	9,794	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	9,782	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	9,778	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	9,757	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	9,716	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	9,690	3,570

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, Puerto Rico, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.