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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Afghanistan	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	22,206	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	22,461	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	22,507	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	23,600	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	25,005	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	25,698	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	26,335	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	27,154	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	27,387	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	27,706	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	28,484	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	29,121	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	29,758	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	30,420	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	31,108	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	31,823	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	32,564	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	33,332	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	34,125	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	34,941	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	35,972	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	37,034	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	38,127	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	39,252	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 Afghanistan, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.