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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Trinidad & Tobago	Italy	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	1,301	56,940	627
Dec 31, 2000	1,303	56,966	659
Dec 31, 2001	1,308	57,004	691
Dec 31, 2002	1,314	57,114	724
Dec 31, 2003	1,320	57,423	757
Dec 31, 2004	1,326	57,852	850
Dec 31, 2005	1,332	58,191	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	1,338	58,424	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	1,344	58,781	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	1,352	59,236	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	1,359	59,580	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	1,365	59,844	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	1,372	60,052	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	1,379	60,216	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	1,386	60,337	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	1,392	60,346	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	1,399	60,255	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	1,405	60,140	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	1,411	60,027	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	1,436	59,902	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	1,452	59,754	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	1,448	59,464	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	1,450	59,158	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	1,456	58,966	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.