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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaPalestinian TerritoriesHungary
51,1812,99610,244
52,7823,07510,218
54,4533,15510,194
56,1703,23510,165
57,8603,31510,136
59,5993,39610,114
61,4743,47810,094
63,4793,55910,078
65,5903,64210,062
67,8003,72710,045
70,1143,81710,029
72,5503,90710,007
75,1383,9979,978
77,7924,0889,927
80,5344,1789,900
83,3684,2699,873
86,2294,3599,850
89,1934,4519,821
92,2094,5339,794
95,2324,6159,782
98,3204,7159,778
101,4994,8209,757
104,7674,9309,716
108,1715,0429,690

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.