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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Laos	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 2002	264,148	5,610,889	21,378,117
Dec 31, 2003	265,776	5,697,945	22,733,049
Dec 31, 2004	267,298	5,781,626	23,560,654
Dec 31, 2005	268,706	5,869,523	24,404,567
Dec 31, 2006	270,002	5,963,200	25,424,094
Dec 31, 2007	271,288	6,056,236	25,909,852
Dec 31, 2008	272,714	6,148,969	26,482,622
Dec 31, 2009	274,123	6,241,642	27,466,101
Dec 31, 2010	275,243	6,334,194	28,284,089
Dec 31, 2011	276,139	6,426,590	29,347,708
Dec 31, 2012	276,938	6,518,978	30,560,034
Dec 31, 2013	277,665	6,611,385	31,622,704
Dec 31, 2014	278,348	6,703,172	32,792,523
Dec 31, 2015	278,990	6,801,645	33,831,764
Dec 31, 2016	279,598	6,908,802	34,700,612
Dec 31, 2017	280,171	7,018,147	35,688,935
Dec 31, 2018	280,711	7,128,045	36,743,039
Dec 31, 2019	281,207	7,237,636	37,856,121
Dec 31, 2020	281,698	7,346,533	39,068,979
Dec 31, 2021	282,147	7,453,194	40,000,412
Dec 31, 2022	282,318	7,559,007	40,578,842
Dec 31, 2023	282,336	7,664,993	41,454,761
Dec 31, 2024	282,467	7,769,819	42,647,492
Dec 31, 2025	282,623	7,873,046	43,844,111