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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Trinidad & Tobago	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	1,301	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	1,303	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	1,308	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	1,314	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	1,320	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	1,326	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	1,332	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	1,338	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	1,344	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	1,352	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	1,359	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	1,365	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	1,372	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	1,379	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	1,386	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	1,392	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	1,399	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	1,405	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	1,411	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	1,436	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	1,452	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	1,448	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	1,450	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	1,456	18,494

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