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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Trinidad & Tobago	Italy	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	1,301	56,940	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	1,303	56,966	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	1,308	57,004	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	1,314	57,114	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	1,320	57,423	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	1,326	57,852	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	1,332	58,191	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	1,338	58,424	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	1,344	58,781	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	1,352	59,236	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	1,359	59,580	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	1,365	59,844	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	1,372	60,052	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	1,379	60,216	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	1,386	60,337	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	1,392	60,346	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	1,399	60,255	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	1,405	60,140	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	1,411	60,027	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	1,436	59,902	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	1,452	59,754	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	1,448	59,464	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	1,450	59,158	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	1,456	58,966	31,058

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