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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Japan	Yemen	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 2002	82,488,495	127,445,000	20,835,086	6,744,100
Dec 31, 2003	82,534,176	127,718,000	21,456,379	6,730,800
Dec 31, 2004	82,516,260	127,761,000	22,095,167	6,783,500
Dec 31, 2005	82,469,422	127,773,000	22,790,085	6,813,200
Dec 31, 2006	82,376,451	127,854,000	23,543,083	6,857,100
Dec 31, 2007	82,266,372	128,001,000	24,318,082	6,916,300
Dec 31, 2008	82,110,097	128,063,000	25,111,941	6,957,800
Dec 31, 2009	81,902,307	128,047,000	25,927,724	6,972,800
Dec 31, 2010	81,776,930	128,070,000	26,754,387	7,024,200
Dec 31, 2011	80,274,983	127,833,000	27,582,897	7,071,600
Dec 31, 2012	80,425,823	127,629,000	28,433,647	7,150,100
Dec 31, 2013	80,645,605	127,445,000	29,312,952	7,178,900
Dec 31, 2014	80,982,500	127,276,000	30,226,309	7,229,500
Dec 31, 2015	81,686,611	127,141,000	31,159,379	7,291,300
Dec 31, 2016	82,348,669	127,076,000	32,109,010	7,336,600
Dec 31, 2017	82,657,002	126,972,000	33,090,921	7,393,200
Dec 31, 2018	82,905,782	126,811,000	34,085,182	7,452,600
Dec 31, 2019	83,092,962	126,633,000	35,111,408	7,507,900
Dec 31, 2020	83,160,871	126,261,000	36,134,863	7,481,000
Dec 31, 2021	83,196,078	125,681,593	37,140,230	7,413,100
Dec 31, 2022	83,177,813	125,124,989	38,222,876	7,346,100
Dec 31, 2023	83,287,273	124,516,650	39,390,799	7,536,100
Dec 31, 2024	83,516,593	123,975,371	40,583,164	7,524,100
Dec 31, 2025	83,491,249	123,366,734	41,773,878	7,498,900