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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Trinidad & Tobago	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	1,301	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	1,303	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	1,308	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	1,314	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	1,320	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	1,326	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	1,332	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	1,338	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	1,344	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	1,352	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	1,359	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	1,365	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	1,372	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	1,379	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	1,386	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,392	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,399	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,405	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,411	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,436	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,452	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,448	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,450	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,456	39,252

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 Trinidad & Tobago, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.