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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	South Korea
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	47,644,736
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	47,892,330
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	48,082,519
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	48,184,561
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	48,438,292
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	48,683,638
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	49,054,708
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	49,307,835
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	49,554,112
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	49,936,638
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	50,199,853
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	50,428,893
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	50,746,659
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	51,014,947
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	51,217,803
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	51,361,911
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	51,585,058
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	51,764,822
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	51,836,239
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	51,769,539
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	51,672,569
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	51,712,619
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	51,751,065
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	51,684,564