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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	South Africa
Dec 31, 2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	48,019,415
Dec 31, 2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	48,500,348
Dec 31, 2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	48,991,421
Dec 31, 2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	49,490,033
Dec 31, 2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	49,998,277
Dec 31, 2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	50,528,584
Dec 31, 2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	51,114,599
Dec 31, 2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	51,728,516
Dec 31, 2010	128,070,000	309,378,227	52,344,051
Dec 31, 2011	127,833,000	311,839,461	52,995,205
Dec 31, 2012	127,629,000	314,339,099	53,782,567
Dec 31, 2013	127,445,000	316,726,282	54,678,791
Dec 31, 2014	127,276,000	319,257,560	55,594,838
Dec 31, 2015	127,141,000	321,815,121	56,723,537
Dec 31, 2016	127,076,000	324,353,340	57,259,551
Dec 31, 2017	126,972,000	326,608,609	57,635,162
Dec 31, 2018	126,811,000	328,529,577	58,613,001
Dec 31, 2019	126,633,000	330,226,227	59,587,885
Dec 31, 2020	126,261,000	331,578,104	60,562,381
Dec 31, 2021	125,681,593	332,100,166	61,502,603
Dec 31, 2022	125,124,989	333,996,304	62,378,410
Dec 31, 2023	124,516,650	336,755,052	63,212,384
Dec 31, 2024	123,975,371	340,003,797	64,007,187
Dec 31, 2025	123,366,734	341,784,857	64,747,319