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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	United Arab Emirates	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,101	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,284	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,458	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,613	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,754	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,882	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	4,000	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	4,532	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	5,623	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	7,277	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	8,164	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	8,152	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	8,438	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	8,747	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	9,077	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	9,321	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	9,461	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	9,587	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	9,699	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	9,796	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	9,879	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	9,953	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	10,018	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	10,099	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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