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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Trinidad & Tobago	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	1,301	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	1,303	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	1,308	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	1,314	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	1,320	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	1,326	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	1,332	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	1,338	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	1,344	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	1,352	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	1,359	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	1,365	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	1,372	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	1,379	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	1,386	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,392	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,399	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,405	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,411	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,436	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,452	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,448	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,450	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,456	5,907

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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.