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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	82,488,495	21,378,117
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	82,534,176	22,733,049
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	82,516,260	23,560,654
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	82,469,422	24,404,567
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	82,376,451	25,424,094
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	82,266,372	25,909,852
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	82,110,097	26,482,622
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	81,902,307	27,466,101
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	81,776,930	28,284,089
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	80,274,983	29,347,708
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	80,425,823	30,560,034
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	80,645,605	31,622,704
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	80,982,500	32,792,523
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	81,686,611	33,831,764
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	82,348,669	34,700,612
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	82,657,002	35,688,935
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	82,905,782	36,743,039
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	83,092,962	37,856,121
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	83,160,871	39,068,979
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	83,196,078	40,000,412
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	83,177,813	40,578,842
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	83,287,273	41,454,761
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	83,516,593	42,647,492
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	83,491,249	43,844,111