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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Trinidad & Tobago	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	1,301	152
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	1,303	153
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	1,308	154
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	1,314	155
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	1,320	156
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	1,326	157
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	1,332	157
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	1,338	158
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	1,344	159
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	1,352	160
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	1,359	160
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	1,365	161
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	1,372	162
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	1,379	162
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	1,386	163
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,392	163
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,399	164
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,405	164
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,411	165
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,436	166
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,452	166
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,448	167
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,450	167
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,456	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.