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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	United States	Germany	Laos
Dec 31, 2002	19,495,210	287,625,193	82,488,495	5,610,889
Dec 31, 2003	19,720,737	290,107,933	82,534,176	5,697,945
Dec 31, 2004	19,932,722	292,805,298	82,516,260	5,781,626
Dec 31, 2005	20,176,844	295,516,599	82,469,422	5,869,523
Dec 31, 2006	20,450,966	298,379,912	82,376,451	5,963,200
Dec 31, 2007	20,827,622	301,231,207	82,266,372	6,056,236
Dec 31, 2008	21,249,199	304,093,966	82,110,097	6,148,969
Dec 31, 2009	21,691,653	306,771,529	81,902,307	6,241,642
Dec 31, 2010	22,031,750	309,378,227	81,776,930	6,334,194
Dec 31, 2011	22,340,024	311,839,461	80,274,983	6,426,590
Dec 31, 2012	22,733,465	314,339,099	80,425,823	6,518,978
Dec 31, 2013	23,128,129	316,726,282	80,645,605	6,611,385
Dec 31, 2014	23,475,686	319,257,560	80,982,500	6,703,172
Dec 31, 2015	23,815,995	321,815,121	81,686,611	6,801,645
Dec 31, 2016	24,190,907	324,353,340	82,348,669	6,908,802
Dec 31, 2017	24,592,588	326,608,609	82,657,002	7,018,147
Dec 31, 2018	24,963,258	328,529,577	82,905,782	7,128,045
Dec 31, 2019	25,334,826	330,226,227	83,092,962	7,237,636
Dec 31, 2020	25,649,248	331,578,104	83,160,871	7,346,533
Dec 31, 2021	25,685,412	332,100,166	83,196,078	7,453,194
Dec 31, 2022	26,018,721	333,996,304	83,177,813	7,559,007
Dec 31, 2023	26,659,922	336,755,052	83,287,273	7,664,993
Dec 31, 2024	27,194,286	340,003,797	83,516,593	7,769,819
Dec 31, 2025	27,614,411	341,784,857	83,491,249	7,873,046