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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	United States	Germany	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 2002	19,495,210	287,625,193	82,488,495	19,805,752
Dec 31, 2003	19,720,737	290,107,933	82,534,176	19,951,521
Dec 31, 2004	19,932,722	292,805,298	82,516,260	20,087,605
Dec 31, 2005	20,176,844	295,516,599	82,469,422	20,216,524
Dec 31, 2006	20,450,966	298,379,912	82,376,451	20,352,411
Dec 31, 2007	20,827,622	301,231,207	82,266,372	20,492,545
Dec 31, 2008	21,249,199	304,093,966	82,110,097	20,629,378
Dec 31, 2009	21,691,653	306,771,529	81,902,307	20,756,435
Dec 31, 2010	22,031,750	309,378,227	81,776,930	20,879,089
Dec 31, 2011	22,340,024	311,839,461	80,274,983	21,009,048
Dec 31, 2012	22,733,465	314,339,099	80,425,823	21,169,458
Dec 31, 2013	23,128,129	316,726,282	80,645,605	20,585,000
Dec 31, 2014	23,475,686	319,257,560	80,982,500	20,778,000
Dec 31, 2015	23,815,995	321,815,121	81,686,611	20,970,000
Dec 31, 2016	24,190,907	324,353,340	82,348,669	21,209,000
Dec 31, 2017	24,592,588	326,608,609	82,657,002	21,453,000
Dec 31, 2018	24,963,258	328,529,577	82,905,782	21,670,000
Dec 31, 2019	25,334,826	330,226,227	83,092,962	21,803,000
Dec 31, 2020	25,649,248	331,578,104	83,160,871	21,919,000
Dec 31, 2021	25,685,412	332,100,166	83,196,078	22,156,000
Dec 31, 2022	26,018,721	333,996,304	83,177,813	22,181,000
Dec 31, 2023	26,659,922	336,755,052	83,287,273	22,037,000
Dec 31, 2024	27,194,286	340,003,797	83,516,593	21,916,000
Dec 31, 2025	27,614,411	341,784,857	83,491,249	21,756,000