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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Luxembourg	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	433	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	438	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	443	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	448	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	454	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	460	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	467	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	474	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	482	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	491	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	500	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	509	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	521	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	533	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	547	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	560	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	571	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	586	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	599	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	610	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	623	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	633	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	643	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	651	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 Luxembourg, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.