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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Germany	Bangladesh	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 2002	47,644,736	82,488,495	138,933,658	6,744,100
Dec 31, 2003	47,892,330	82,534,176	140,970,351	6,730,800
Dec 31, 2004	48,082,519	82,516,260	142,902,856	6,783,500
Dec 31, 2005	48,184,561	82,469,422	144,715,786	6,813,200
Dec 31, 2006	48,438,292	82,376,451	146,405,973	6,857,100
Dec 31, 2007	48,683,638	82,266,372	147,989,278	6,916,300
Dec 31, 2008	49,054,708	82,110,097	149,474,264	6,957,800
Dec 31, 2009	49,307,835	81,902,307	150,873,714	6,972,800
Dec 31, 2010	49,554,112	81,776,930	152,201,981	7,024,200
Dec 31, 2011	49,936,638	80,274,983	153,591,076	7,071,600
Dec 31, 2012	50,199,853	80,425,823	155,070,101	7,150,100
Dec 31, 2013	50,428,893	80,645,605	156,532,141	7,178,900
Dec 31, 2014	50,746,659	80,982,500	157,964,929	7,229,500
Dec 31, 2015	51,014,947	81,686,611	159,383,179	7,291,300
Dec 31, 2016	51,217,803	82,348,669	160,811,932	7,336,600
Dec 31, 2017	51,361,911	82,657,002	162,186,147	7,393,200
Dec 31, 2018	51,585,058	82,905,782	163,523,103	7,452,600
Dec 31, 2019	51,764,822	83,092,962	164,913,055	7,507,900
Dec 31, 2020	51,836,239	83,160,871	166,298,024	7,481,000
Dec 31, 2021	51,769,539	83,196,078	167,658,854	7,413,100
Dec 31, 2022	51,672,569	83,177,813	169,384,897	7,346,100
Dec 31, 2023	51,712,619	83,287,273	171,466,990	7,536,100
Dec 31, 2024	51,751,065	83,516,593	173,562,364	7,524,100
Dec 31, 2025	51,684,564	83,491,249	175,686,899	7,498,900