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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	South Korea	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	46,617	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	47,008	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	47,370	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	47,645	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	47,892	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	48,083	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	48,185	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	48,438	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	48,684	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	49,055	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	49,308	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	49,554	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	49,937	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	50,200	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	50,429	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	50,747	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	51,015	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	51,218	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	51,362	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	51,585	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	51,765	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	51,836	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	51,745	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	51,731	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.