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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 ZambiaSaudi ArabiaTrinidad & Tobago
10,32719,9641,301
10,64920,4261,303
10,98020,9561,308
11,29021,5491,314
11,59322,1891,320
11,90722,8501,326
12,24323,5161,332
12,61224,1781,338
13,00524,8411,344
13,41225,5181,352
13,82226,2271,359
14,25527,0681,365
14,70927,8101,372
15,16528,5161,379
15,63129,2201,386
16,12129,9361,392
16,62430,6461,399
17,14031,3601,405
17,67432,1841,411
18,22232,8691,436
18,78033,6611,452
19,34934,5421,448
19,92833,6511,450
20,48534,0811,456

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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