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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 & TobagoSaudi Arabia
10,3271,30119,964
10,6491,30320,426
10,9801,30820,956
11,2901,31421,549
11,5931,32022,189
11,9071,32622,850
12,2431,33223,516
12,6121,33824,178
13,0051,34424,841
13,4121,35225,518
13,8221,35926,227
14,2551,36527,068
14,7091,37227,810
15,1651,37928,516
15,6311,38629,220
16,1211,39229,936
16,6241,39930,646
17,1401,40531,360
17,6741,41132,184
18,2221,43632,869
18,7801,45233,661
19,3491,44834,542
19,9281,45033,651
20,4851,45634,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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