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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	Eritrea
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	82,488,495	2,392,978
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	82,534,176	2,493,903
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	82,516,260	2,598,284
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	82,469,422	2,661,215
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	82,376,451	2,703,502
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	82,266,372	2,743,222
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	82,110,097	2,816,327
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	81,902,307	2,887,885
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	81,776,930	2,945,186
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	80,274,983	2,998,485
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	80,425,823	3,036,988
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	80,645,605	3,074,360
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	80,982,500	3,095,173
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	81,686,611	3,105,546
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	82,348,669	3,124,698
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	82,657,002	3,150,347
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	82,905,782	3,192,760
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	83,092,962	3,240,194
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	83,160,871	3,291,271
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	83,196,078	3,350,183
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	83,177,813	3,409,447
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	83,287,273	3,470,390
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	83,516,593	3,535,603
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	83,491,249	3,607,003