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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Germany	Papua New Guinea	Albania
Dec 31, 2002	21,378,117	82,488,495	5,924,003	3,051,010
Dec 31, 2003	22,733,049	82,534,176	6,123,997	3,039,616
Dec 31, 2004	23,560,654	82,516,260	6,328,041	3,026,939
Dec 31, 2005	24,404,567	82,469,422	6,535,905	3,011,487
Dec 31, 2006	25,424,094	82,376,451	6,747,720	2,992,547
Dec 31, 2007	25,909,852	82,266,372	6,963,345	2,970,017
Dec 31, 2008	26,482,622	82,110,097	7,183,002	2,947,314
Dec 31, 2009	27,466,101	81,902,307	7,406,438	2,927,519
Dec 31, 2010	28,284,089	81,776,930	7,633,523	2,913,021
Dec 31, 2011	29,347,708	80,274,983	7,859,346	2,905,195
Dec 31, 2012	30,560,034	80,425,823	8,081,390	2,860,708
Dec 31, 2013	31,622,704	80,645,605	8,302,698	2,816,902
Dec 31, 2014	32,792,523	80,982,500	8,523,441	2,773,767
Dec 31, 2015	33,831,764	81,686,611	8,743,246	2,731,293
Dec 31, 2016	34,700,612	82,348,669	8,961,718	2,689,469
Dec 31, 2017	35,688,935	82,657,002	9,178,714	2,648,285
Dec 31, 2018	36,743,039	82,905,782	9,394,513	2,607,733
Dec 31, 2019	37,856,121	83,092,962	9,609,010	2,567,801
Dec 31, 2020	39,068,979	83,160,871	9,815,746	2,528,480
Dec 31, 2021	40,000,412	83,196,078	10,012,896	2,489,762
Dec 31, 2022	40,578,842	83,177,813	10,203,169	2,451,636
Dec 31, 2023	41,454,761	83,287,273	10,389,635	2,411,658
Dec 31, 2024	42,647,492	83,516,593	10,576,502	2,377,128
Dec 31, 2025	43,844,111	83,491,249	10,762,817	2,349,580