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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	Netherlands
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	82,488,495	16,148,929
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	82,534,176	16,225,302
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	82,516,260	16,281,779
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	82,469,422	16,319,868
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	82,376,451	16,346,101
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	82,266,372	16,381,696
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	82,110,097	16,445,593
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	81,902,307	16,530,388
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	81,776,930	16,615,394
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	80,274,983	16,693,074
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	80,425,823	16,754,962
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	80,645,605	16,804,432
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	80,982,500	16,865,008
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	81,686,611	16,939,923
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	82,348,669	17,030,314
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	82,657,002	17,131,296
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	82,905,782	17,231,624
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	83,092,962	17,344,874
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	83,160,871	17,441,500
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	83,196,078	17,533,044
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	83,177,813	17,700,982
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	83,287,273	17,877,117
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	83,516,593	17,993,485
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	83,491,249	18,087,633