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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Trinidad & Tobago	Italy	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	1,301	56,940	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	1,303	56,966	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	1,308	57,004	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	1,314	57,114	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	1,320	57,423	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	1,326	57,852	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	1,332	58,191	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	1,338	58,424	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	1,344	58,781	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	1,352	59,236	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	1,359	59,580	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	1,365	59,844	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	1,372	60,052	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	1,379	60,216	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	1,386	60,337	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	1,392	60,346	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	1,399	60,255	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	1,405	60,140	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	1,411	60,027	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	1,436	59,902	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	1,452	59,754	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	1,448	59,464	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	1,450	59,158	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	1,456	58,966	68,457

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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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