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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 ZambiaSwitzerlandTrinidad & Tobago
10,3277,2581,301
10,6497,2961,303
10,9807,3321,308
11,2907,3841,314
11,5937,4381,320
11,9077,4881,326
12,2437,5321,332
12,6127,5791,338
13,0057,6471,344
13,4127,7381,352
13,8227,8251,359
14,2557,8841,365
14,7097,9591,372
15,1658,0441,379
15,6318,1371,386
16,1218,2371,392
16,6248,3321,399
17,1408,4231,405
17,6748,5021,411
18,2228,5651,436
18,7808,6261,452
19,3498,6891,448
19,9288,7561,450
20,4858,8341,456

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.

Switzerland

  • 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
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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