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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	El Salvador
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	82,488,495	5,986,631
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	82,534,176	5,998,599
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	82,516,260	6,004,671
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	82,469,422	6,005,578
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	82,376,451	6,002,319
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	82,266,372	6,009,824
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	82,110,097	6,029,297
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	81,902,307	6,048,279
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	81,776,930	6,068,249
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	80,274,983	6,090,127
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	80,425,823	6,113,975
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	80,645,605	6,138,839
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	80,982,500	6,162,955
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	81,686,611	6,183,676
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	82,348,669	6,200,800
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	82,657,002	6,213,533
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	82,905,782	6,219,807
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	83,092,962	6,222,318
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	83,160,871	6,234,673
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	83,196,078	6,255,782
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	83,177,813	6,280,319
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	83,287,273	6,309,624
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	83,516,593	6,338,193
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	83,491,249	6,365,503