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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	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	11,075	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	11,405	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	11,828	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,380	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,829	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,178	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,540	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,917	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	14,309	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	14,722	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	15,152	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	15,600	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	16,064	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	16,563	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	17,072	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	17,575	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	18,094	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	18,621	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,157	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,698	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	20,242	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	20,788	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	21,336	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	21,889	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.