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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	1,456

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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

No separate list is published for Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.