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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	North Korea
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	82,488,495	23,943,973
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	82,534,176	24,090,380
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	82,516,260	24,254,943
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	82,469,422	24,396,433
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	82,376,451	24,524,507
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	82,266,372	24,646,383
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	82,110,097	24,764,618
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	81,902,307	24,878,332
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	81,776,930	24,987,258
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	80,274,983	25,097,874
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	80,425,823	25,211,728
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	80,645,605	25,329,451
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	80,982,500	25,451,262
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	81,686,611	25,575,350
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	82,348,669	25,698,326
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	82,657,002	25,817,709
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	82,905,782	25,931,147
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	83,092,962	26,037,632
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	83,160,871	26,136,312
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	83,196,078	26,232,534
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	83,177,813	26,328,845
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	83,287,273	26,418,204
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	83,516,593	26,498,823
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	83,491,249	26,571,036