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Population by country

Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Nigeria
Dec 31, 2002	47,644,736	133,471,989
Dec 31, 2003	47,892,330	137,202,644
Dec 31, 2004	48,082,519	141,057,045
Dec 31, 2005	48,184,561	145,017,253
Dec 31, 2006	48,438,292	149,077,334
Dec 31, 2007	48,683,638	153,267,261
Dec 31, 2008	49,054,708	157,595,014
Dec 31, 2009	49,307,835	162,049,464
Dec 31, 2010	49,554,112	166,642,886
Dec 31, 2011	49,936,638	171,379,598
Dec 31, 2012	50,199,853	176,200,625
Dec 31, 2013	50,428,893	181,049,443
Dec 31, 2014	50,746,659	185,896,915
Dec 31, 2015	51,014,947	190,671,878
Dec 31, 2016	51,217,803	195,443,700
Dec 31, 2017	51,361,911	200,254,579
Dec 31, 2018	51,585,058	204,938,755
Dec 31, 2019	51,764,822	209,485,641
Dec 31, 2020	51,836,239	213,996,181
Dec 31, 2021	51,769,539	218,529,286
Dec 31, 2022	51,672,569	223,150,896
Dec 31, 2023	51,712,619	227,882,945
Dec 31, 2024	51,751,065	232,679,478
Dec 31, 2025	51,684,564	237,527,782