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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	United States	Japan	Russia
Dec 31, 2002	82,488,495	287,625,193	127,445,000	145,306,497
Dec 31, 2003	82,534,176	290,107,933	127,718,000	144,648,618
Dec 31, 2004	82,516,260	292,805,298	127,761,000	144,067,316
Dec 31, 2005	82,469,422	295,516,599	127,773,000	143,518,814
Dec 31, 2006	82,376,451	298,379,912	127,854,000	143,049,637
Dec 31, 2007	82,266,372	301,231,207	128,001,000	142,805,114
Dec 31, 2008	82,110,097	304,093,966	128,063,000	142,742,366
Dec 31, 2009	81,902,307	306,771,529	128,047,000	142,785,348
Dec 31, 2010	81,776,930	309,378,227	128,070,000	142,849,468
Dec 31, 2011	80,274,983	311,839,461	127,833,000	143,018,195
Dec 31, 2012	80,425,823	314,339,099	127,629,000	143,378,447
Dec 31, 2013	80,645,605	316,726,282	127,445,000	143,805,638
Dec 31, 2014	80,982,500	319,257,560	127,276,000	144,237,223
Dec 31, 2015	81,686,611	321,815,121	127,141,000	144,640,716
Dec 31, 2016	82,348,669	324,353,340	127,076,000	145,015,460
Dec 31, 2017	82,657,002	326,608,609	126,972,000	145,293,260
Dec 31, 2018	82,905,782	328,529,577	126,811,000	145,398,106
Dec 31, 2019	83,092,962	330,226,227	126,633,000	145,453,291
Dec 31, 2020	83,160,871	331,578,104	126,261,000	145,245,148
Dec 31, 2021	83,196,078	332,100,166	125,681,593	144,746,762
Dec 31, 2022	83,177,813	333,996,304	125,124,989	144,236,933
Dec 31, 2023	83,287,273	336,755,052	124,516,650	143,826,130
Dec 31, 2024	83,516,593	340,003,797	123,975,371	143,669,648
Dec 31, 2025	83,491,249	341,784,857	123,366,734	143,513,328