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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	Channel Islands
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	82,488,495	149,881
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	82,534,176	150,960
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	82,516,260	152,039
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	82,469,422	153,126
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	82,376,451	154,214
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	82,266,372	155,309
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	82,110,097	156,408
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	81,902,307	157,511
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	81,776,930	158,621
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	80,274,983	159,706
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	80,425,823	160,767
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	80,645,605	161,777
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	80,982,500	162,726
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	81,686,611	163,454
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	82,348,669	163,883
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	82,657,002	164,319
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	82,905,782	164,949
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	83,092,962	165,639
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	83,160,871	166,235
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	83,196,078	166,741
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	83,177,813	167,215
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	83,287,273	167,691
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	83,516,593	168,126
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	83,491,249	168,466