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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States	United Arab Emirates	Qatar
Dec 31, 2002	47,644,736	287,625,193	3,956,826	711,205
Dec 31, 2003	47,892,330	290,107,933	4,192,457	744,682
Dec 31, 2004	48,082,519	292,805,298	4,428,967	773,332
Dec 31, 2005	48,184,561	295,516,599	4,664,790	825,408
Dec 31, 2006	48,438,292	298,379,912	5,009,100	972,831
Dec 31, 2007	48,683,638	301,231,207	5,624,635	1,208,595
Dec 31, 2008	49,054,708	304,093,966	6,302,664	1,426,938
Dec 31, 2009	49,307,835	306,771,529	6,707,058	1,608,903
Dec 31, 2010	49,554,112	309,378,227	6,869,838	1,616,832
Dec 31, 2011	49,936,638	311,839,461	7,104,538	1,624,761
Dec 31, 2012	50,199,853	314,339,099	7,391,448	1,722,438
Dec 31, 2013	50,428,893	316,726,282	7,693,031	1,916,426
Dec 31, 2014	50,746,659	319,257,560	8,059,440	2,151,745
Dec 31, 2015	51,014,947	321,815,121	8,505,237	2,344,557
Dec 31, 2016	51,217,803	324,353,340	8,935,095	2,477,113
Dec 31, 2017	51,361,911	326,608,609	9,223,225	2,545,820
Dec 31, 2018	51,585,058	328,529,577	9,346,701	2,580,734
Dec 31, 2019	51,764,822	330,226,227	9,445,785	2,638,657
Dec 31, 2020	51,836,239	331,578,104	9,401,038	2,794,148
Dec 31, 2021	51,769,539	332,100,166	9,575,152	2,504,910
Dec 31, 2022	51,672,569	333,996,304	10,074,977	2,657,333
Dec 31, 2023	51,712,619	336,755,052	10,483,751	2,656,032
Dec 31, 2024	51,751,065	340,003,797	10,986,400	2,857,822
Dec 31, 2025	51,684,564	341,784,857	11,513,149	2,972,215