Relationship Between Units of Good Porduced and Population

[Kurblius]

What is the relationship between the unit of good produced and population? I'd assumed that a larger population translates directly into more units being produced a province, however I've been seeing too many cases where this just isn't true.

For example, in my current game Peurto Rico has a population of just 2,444 and produces 1.3 units of sugar, whereas my own province of Abkhazia has a population of 14,376 but produces only 1.2 units of wine. What gives?

 

[DDRJake]

Population and base tax.

http://www.paradoxian.org/eu3wiki/Population_Units

 

[Kurblius]

Population and base tax.

http://www.paradoxian.org/eu3wiki/Population_Units

Aaah. The Base Tax. That must be it. Guess there's even more incentive to get good base tax provinces now.