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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	Libya
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	82,488,495	5,508,410
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	82,534,176	5,619,398
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	82,516,260	5,736,693
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	82,469,422	5,858,798
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	82,376,451	5,980,211
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	82,266,372	6,104,380
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	82,110,097	6,235,430
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	81,902,307	6,366,686
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	81,776,930	6,497,839
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	80,274,983	6,343,203
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	80,425,823	6,179,328
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	80,645,605	6,304,628
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	80,982,500	6,427,252
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	81,686,611	6,531,819
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	82,348,669	6,632,126
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	82,657,002	6,738,770
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	82,905,782	6,849,055
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	83,092,962	6,951,033
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	83,160,871	7,045,399
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	83,196,078	7,135,175
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	83,177,813	7,223,805
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	83,287,273	7,305,659
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	83,516,593	7,381,023
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	83,491,249	7,458,555