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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	United States	Japan	North Korea
Dec 31, 2002	82,488,495	287,625,193	127,445,000	23,943,973
Dec 31, 2003	82,534,176	290,107,933	127,718,000	24,090,380
Dec 31, 2004	82,516,260	292,805,298	127,761,000	24,254,943
Dec 31, 2005	82,469,422	295,516,599	127,773,000	24,396,433
Dec 31, 2006	82,376,451	298,379,912	127,854,000	24,524,507
Dec 31, 2007	82,266,372	301,231,207	128,001,000	24,646,383
Dec 31, 2008	82,110,097	304,093,966	128,063,000	24,764,618
Dec 31, 2009	81,902,307	306,771,529	128,047,000	24,878,332
Dec 31, 2010	81,776,930	309,378,227	128,070,000	24,987,258
Dec 31, 2011	80,274,983	311,839,461	127,833,000	25,097,874
Dec 31, 2012	80,425,823	314,339,099	127,629,000	25,211,728
Dec 31, 2013	80,645,605	316,726,282	127,445,000	25,329,451
Dec 31, 2014	80,982,500	319,257,560	127,276,000	25,451,262
Dec 31, 2015	81,686,611	321,815,121	127,141,000	25,575,350
Dec 31, 2016	82,348,669	324,353,340	127,076,000	25,698,326
Dec 31, 2017	82,657,002	326,608,609	126,972,000	25,817,709
Dec 31, 2018	82,905,782	328,529,577	126,811,000	25,931,147
Dec 31, 2019	83,092,962	330,226,227	126,633,000	26,037,632
Dec 31, 2020	83,160,871	331,578,104	126,261,000	26,136,312
Dec 31, 2021	83,196,078	332,100,166	125,681,593	26,232,534
Dec 31, 2022	83,177,813	333,996,304	125,124,989	26,328,845
Dec 31, 2023	83,287,273	336,755,052	124,516,650	26,418,204
Dec 31, 2024	83,516,593	340,003,797	123,975,371	26,498,823
Dec 31, 2025	83,491,249	341,784,857	123,366,734	26,571,036