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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	United States	Japan	South Africa
Dec 31, 2002	82,488,495	287,625,193	127,445,000	48,019,415
Dec 31, 2003	82,534,176	290,107,933	127,718,000	48,500,348
Dec 31, 2004	82,516,260	292,805,298	127,761,000	48,991,421
Dec 31, 2005	82,469,422	295,516,599	127,773,000	49,490,033
Dec 31, 2006	82,376,451	298,379,912	127,854,000	49,998,277
Dec 31, 2007	82,266,372	301,231,207	128,001,000	50,528,584
Dec 31, 2008	82,110,097	304,093,966	128,063,000	51,114,599
Dec 31, 2009	81,902,307	306,771,529	128,047,000	51,728,516
Dec 31, 2010	81,776,930	309,378,227	128,070,000	52,344,051
Dec 31, 2011	80,274,983	311,839,461	127,833,000	52,995,205
Dec 31, 2012	80,425,823	314,339,099	127,629,000	53,782,567
Dec 31, 2013	80,645,605	316,726,282	127,445,000	54,678,791
Dec 31, 2014	80,982,500	319,257,560	127,276,000	55,594,838
Dec 31, 2015	81,686,611	321,815,121	127,141,000	56,723,537
Dec 31, 2016	82,348,669	324,353,340	127,076,000	57,259,551
Dec 31, 2017	82,657,002	326,608,609	126,972,000	57,635,162
Dec 31, 2018	82,905,782	328,529,577	126,811,000	58,613,001
Dec 31, 2019	83,092,962	330,226,227	126,633,000	59,587,885
Dec 31, 2020	83,160,871	331,578,104	126,261,000	60,562,381
Dec 31, 2021	83,196,078	332,100,166	125,681,593	61,502,603
Dec 31, 2022	83,177,813	333,996,304	125,124,989	62,378,410
Dec 31, 2023	83,287,273	336,755,052	124,516,650	63,212,384
Dec 31, 2024	83,516,593	340,003,797	123,975,371	64,007,187
Dec 31, 2025	83,491,249	341,784,857	123,366,734	64,747,319