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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Trinidad & TobagoOmanPortugal
1,3012,34810,144
1,3032,40310,215
1,3082,45710,288
1,3142,51010,344
1,3202,56210,383
1,3262,61310,408
1,3322,66310,427
1,3382,71310,446
1,3442,76410,467
1,3522,81610,482
1,3592,87110,492
1,3652,92810,497
1,3722,98610,481
1,3793,04710,439
1,3863,11010,382
1,3923,17410,326
1,3993,24010,283
1,4053,30710,251
1,4113,37510,226
1,4363,44410,209
1,4523,51210,212
1,4483,58210,223
1,4503,65110,214
1,4563,69610,200

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

Portugal

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
  • 1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
  • 1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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