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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	United States	Germany	South Africa
Dec 31, 2002	21,378,117	287,625,193	82,488,495	48,019,415
Dec 31, 2003	22,733,049	290,107,933	82,534,176	48,500,348
Dec 31, 2004	23,560,654	292,805,298	82,516,260	48,991,421
Dec 31, 2005	24,404,567	295,516,599	82,469,422	49,490,033
Dec 31, 2006	25,424,094	298,379,912	82,376,451	49,998,277
Dec 31, 2007	25,909,852	301,231,207	82,266,372	50,528,584
Dec 31, 2008	26,482,622	304,093,966	82,110,097	51,114,599
Dec 31, 2009	27,466,101	306,771,529	81,902,307	51,728,516
Dec 31, 2010	28,284,089	309,378,227	81,776,930	52,344,051
Dec 31, 2011	29,347,708	311,839,461	80,274,983	52,995,205
Dec 31, 2012	30,560,034	314,339,099	80,425,823	53,782,567
Dec 31, 2013	31,622,704	316,726,282	80,645,605	54,678,791
Dec 31, 2014	32,792,523	319,257,560	80,982,500	55,594,838
Dec 31, 2015	33,831,764	321,815,121	81,686,611	56,723,537
Dec 31, 2016	34,700,612	324,353,340	82,348,669	57,259,551
Dec 31, 2017	35,688,935	326,608,609	82,657,002	57,635,162
Dec 31, 2018	36,743,039	328,529,577	82,905,782	58,613,001
Dec 31, 2019	37,856,121	330,226,227	83,092,962	59,587,885
Dec 31, 2020	39,068,979	331,578,104	83,160,871	60,562,381
Dec 31, 2021	40,000,412	332,100,166	83,196,078	61,502,603
Dec 31, 2022	40,578,842	333,996,304	83,177,813	62,378,410
Dec 31, 2023	41,454,761	336,755,052	83,287,273	63,212,384
Dec 31, 2024	42,647,492	340,003,797	83,516,593	64,007,187
Dec 31, 2025	43,844,111	341,784,857	83,491,249	64,747,319