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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	United States	Burkina Faso	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 2002	264,148	287,625,193	12,680,897	6,744,100
Dec 31, 2003	265,776	290,107,933	13,082,532	6,730,800
Dec 31, 2004	267,298	292,805,298	13,500,533	6,783,500
Dec 31, 2005	268,706	295,516,599	13,932,123	6,813,200
Dec 31, 2006	270,002	298,379,912	14,373,707	6,857,100
Dec 31, 2007	271,288	301,231,207	14,816,307	6,916,300
Dec 31, 2008	272,714	304,093,966	15,258,093	6,957,800
Dec 31, 2009	274,123	306,771,529	15,710,066	6,972,800
Dec 31, 2010	275,243	309,378,227	16,176,498	7,024,200
Dec 31, 2011	276,139	311,839,461	16,661,908	7,071,600
Dec 31, 2012	276,938	314,339,099	17,172,287	7,150,100
Dec 31, 2013	277,665	316,726,282	17,695,409	7,178,900
Dec 31, 2014	278,348	319,257,560	18,229,461	7,229,500
Dec 31, 2015	278,990	321,815,121	18,777,487	7,291,300
Dec 31, 2016	279,598	324,353,340	19,334,856	7,336,600
Dec 31, 2017	280,171	326,608,609	19,894,407	7,393,200
Dec 31, 2018	280,711	328,529,577	20,438,288	7,452,600
Dec 31, 2019	281,207	330,226,227	20,961,952	7,507,900
Dec 31, 2020	281,698	331,578,104	21,478,690	7,481,000
Dec 31, 2021	282,147	332,100,166	21,995,243	7,413,100
Dec 31, 2022	282,318	333,996,304	22,509,038	7,346,100
Dec 31, 2023	282,336	336,755,052	23,025,776	7,536,100
Dec 31, 2024	282,467	340,003,797	23,548,781	7,524,100
Dec 31, 2025	282,623	341,784,857	24,074,580	7,498,900