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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	Ecuador
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	82,488,495	13,138,472
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	82,534,176	13,372,306
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	82,516,260	13,608,701
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	82,469,422	13,846,163
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	82,376,451	14,086,131
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	82,266,372	14,328,773
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	82,110,097	14,575,202
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	81,902,307	14,825,954
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	81,776,930	15,076,695
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	80,274,983	15,326,227
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	80,425,823	15,572,194
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	80,645,605	15,807,128
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	80,982,500	16,035,124
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	81,686,611	16,266,225
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	82,348,669	16,505,139
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	82,657,002	16,759,519
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	82,905,782	17,049,547
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	83,092,962	17,340,021
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	83,160,871	17,546,065
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	83,196,078	17,682,454
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	83,177,813	17,823,897
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	83,287,273	17,980,083
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	83,516,593	18,135,478
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	83,491,249	18,289,896