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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Barbados	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	273	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	274	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	275	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	276	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	278	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	279	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	280	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	281	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	282	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	283	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	285	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	286	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	287	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	288	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	289	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	290	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	291	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	291	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	292	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	293	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	294	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	294	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	295	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	295	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.