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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Japan	Burkina Faso	Romania
Dec 31, 2002	82,488,495	127,445,000	12,680,897	21,730,496
Dec 31, 2003	82,534,176	127,718,000	13,082,532	21,574,326
Dec 31, 2004	82,516,260	127,761,000	13,500,533	21,451,748
Dec 31, 2005	82,469,422	127,773,000	13,932,123	21,319,685
Dec 31, 2006	82,376,451	127,854,000	14,373,707	21,193,760
Dec 31, 2007	82,266,372	128,001,000	14,816,307	20,882,982
Dec 31, 2008	82,110,097	128,063,000	15,258,093	20,537,875
Dec 31, 2009	81,902,307	128,047,000	15,710,066	20,367,487
Dec 31, 2010	81,776,930	128,070,000	16,176,498	20,246,871
Dec 31, 2011	80,274,983	127,833,000	16,661,908	20,147,528
Dec 31, 2012	80,425,823	127,629,000	17,172,287	20,058,035
Dec 31, 2013	80,645,605	127,445,000	17,695,409	19,983,693
Dec 31, 2014	80,982,500	127,276,000	18,229,461	19,908,979
Dec 31, 2015	81,686,611	127,141,000	18,777,487	19,815,616
Dec 31, 2016	82,348,669	127,076,000	19,334,856	19,702,267
Dec 31, 2017	82,657,002	126,972,000	19,894,407	19,588,715
Dec 31, 2018	82,905,782	126,811,000	20,438,288	19,473,970
Dec 31, 2019	83,092,962	126,633,000	20,961,952	19,371,648
Dec 31, 2020	83,160,871	126,261,000	21,478,690	19,265,250
Dec 31, 2021	83,196,078	125,681,593	21,995,243	19,122,059
Dec 31, 2022	83,177,813	125,124,989	22,509,038	19,048,502
Dec 31, 2023	83,287,273	124,516,650	23,025,776	19,061,062
Dec 31, 2024	83,516,593	123,975,371	23,548,781	19,051,804
Dec 31, 2025	83,491,249	123,366,734	24,074,580	19,020,271