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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	Namibia
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	82,488,495	1,889,970
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	82,534,176	1,917,464
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	82,516,260	1,942,082
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	82,469,422	1,966,582
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	82,376,451	1,991,888
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	82,266,372	2,018,600
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	82,110,097	2,047,056
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	81,902,307	2,077,394
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	81,776,930	2,109,811
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	80,274,983	2,146,325
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	80,425,823	2,194,654
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	80,645,605	2,252,508
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	80,982,500	2,312,139
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	81,686,611	2,374,300
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	82,348,669	2,439,213
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	82,657,002	2,506,853
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	82,905,782	2,577,327
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	83,092,962	2,650,494
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	83,160,871	2,728,762
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	83,196,078	2,810,548
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	83,177,813	2,889,662
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	83,287,273	2,963,095
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	83,516,593	3,030,131
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	83,491,249	3,092,816