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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Trinidad & Tobago	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	1,301	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	1,303	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	1,308	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	1,314	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	1,320	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	1,326	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	1,332	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	1,338	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	1,344	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	1,352	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	1,359	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	1,365	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	1,372	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	1,379	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	1,386	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,392	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,399	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,405	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,411	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,436	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,452	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,448	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,450	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,456	16,514

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