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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Nigeria
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	133,471,989
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	137,202,644
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	141,057,045
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	145,017,253
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	149,077,334
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	153,267,261
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	157,595,014
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	162,049,464
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	166,642,886
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	171,379,598
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	176,200,625
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	181,049,443
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	185,896,915
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	190,671,878
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	195,443,700
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	200,254,579
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	204,938,755
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	209,485,641
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	213,996,181
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	218,529,286
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	223,150,896
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	227,882,945
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	232,679,478
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	237,527,782