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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Germany	Central African Republic	Latvia
Dec 31, 2002	47,644,736	82,488,495	4,006,077	2,310,173
Dec 31, 2003	47,892,330	82,534,176	4,103,086	2,287,955
Dec 31, 2004	48,082,519	82,516,260	4,192,826	2,263,122
Dec 31, 2005	48,184,561	82,469,422	4,288,810	2,238,799
Dec 31, 2006	48,438,292	82,376,451	4,377,579	2,218,357
Dec 31, 2007	48,683,638	82,266,372	4,462,770	2,200,325
Dec 31, 2008	49,054,708	82,110,097	4,558,984	2,177,322
Dec 31, 2009	49,307,835	81,902,307	4,529,047	2,141,669
Dec 31, 2010	49,554,112	81,776,930	4,492,995	2,097,555
Dec 31, 2011	49,936,638	80,274,983	4,565,021	2,059,709
Dec 31, 2012	50,199,853	80,425,823	4,610,848	2,034,319
Dec 31, 2013	50,428,893	80,645,605	4,642,419	2,012,647
Dec 31, 2014	50,746,659	80,982,500	4,623,182	1,993,782
Dec 31, 2015	51,014,947	81,686,611	4,629,320	1,977,527
Dec 31, 2016	51,217,803	82,348,669	4,713,663	1,959,537
Dec 31, 2017	51,361,911	82,657,002	4,793,511	1,942,248
Dec 31, 2018	51,585,058	82,905,782	4,878,657	1,927,174
Dec 31, 2019	51,764,822	83,092,962	4,944,703	1,913,822
Dec 31, 2020	51,836,239	83,160,871	5,026,628	1,900,449
Dec 31, 2021	51,769,539	83,196,078	5,112,100	1,884,490
Dec 31, 2022	51,672,569	83,177,813	5,098,039	1,879,383
Dec 31, 2023	51,712,619	83,287,273	5,152,421	1,883,710
Dec 31, 2024	51,751,065	83,516,593	5,330,690	1,866,124
Dec 31, 2025	51,684,564	83,491,249	5,513,282	1,847,785