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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ZambiaTrinidad & TobagoRomania
10,3271,30122,414
10,6491,30322,262
10,9801,30822,106
11,2901,31421,931
11,5931,32021,828
11,9071,32621,704
12,2431,33221,571
12,6121,33821,443
13,0051,34421,129
13,4121,35220,779
13,8221,35920,607
14,2551,36520,485
14,7091,37220,385
15,1651,37920,296
15,6311,38620,224
16,1211,39220,151
16,6241,39920,055
17,1401,40519,938
17,6741,41119,823
18,2221,43619,713
18,7801,45219,622
19,3491,44819,496
19,9281,45019,351
20,4851,45619,266

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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