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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Hungary	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	10,244	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	10,218	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	10,194	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	10,165	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	10,136	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	10,114	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	10,094	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	10,078	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	10,062	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	10,045	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	10,029	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	10,007	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	9,978	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	9,927	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	9,900	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	9,873	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	9,850	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	9,821	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	9,794	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	9,782	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	9,778	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	9,757	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	9,716	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	9,690	83,811

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.

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.