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Population by country

Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	21,378,117
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	22,733,049
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	23,560,654
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	24,404,567
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	25,424,094
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	25,909,852
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	26,482,622
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	27,466,101
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	28,284,089
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	29,347,708
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	30,560,034
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	31,622,704
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	32,792,523
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	33,831,764
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	34,700,612
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	35,688,935
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	36,743,039
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	37,856,121
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	39,068,979
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	40,000,412
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	40,578,842
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	41,454,761
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	42,647,492
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	43,844,111