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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Trinidad & Tobago	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	1,301	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	1,303	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	1,308	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	1,314	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	1,320	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	1,326	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	1,332	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	1,338	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	1,344	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	1,352	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	1,359	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	1,365	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	1,372	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	1,379	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	1,386	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,392	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,399	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,405	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,411	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,436	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,452	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,448	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,450	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,456	83,811

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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