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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	Malta	Hungary	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,244	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,218	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,194	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,165	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	398	10,136	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	401	10,114	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	404	10,094	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	405	10,078	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	10,062	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	409	10,045	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	412	10,029	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	414	10,007	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	416	9,978	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	420	9,927	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	426	9,900	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	435	9,873	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	445	9,850	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	455	9,821	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	468	9,794	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	485	9,782	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	504	9,778	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	516	9,757	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	518	9,716	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	530	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.

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