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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States	Germany	Channel Islands
Dec 31, 2002	47,644,736	287,625,193	82,488,495	149,881
Dec 31, 2003	47,892,330	290,107,933	82,534,176	150,960
Dec 31, 2004	48,082,519	292,805,298	82,516,260	152,039
Dec 31, 2005	48,184,561	295,516,599	82,469,422	153,126
Dec 31, 2006	48,438,292	298,379,912	82,376,451	154,214
Dec 31, 2007	48,683,638	301,231,207	82,266,372	155,309
Dec 31, 2008	49,054,708	304,093,966	82,110,097	156,408
Dec 31, 2009	49,307,835	306,771,529	81,902,307	157,511
Dec 31, 2010	49,554,112	309,378,227	81,776,930	158,621
Dec 31, 2011	49,936,638	311,839,461	80,274,983	159,706
Dec 31, 2012	50,199,853	314,339,099	80,425,823	160,767
Dec 31, 2013	50,428,893	316,726,282	80,645,605	161,777
Dec 31, 2014	50,746,659	319,257,560	80,982,500	162,726
Dec 31, 2015	51,014,947	321,815,121	81,686,611	163,454
Dec 31, 2016	51,217,803	324,353,340	82,348,669	163,883
Dec 31, 2017	51,361,911	326,608,609	82,657,002	164,319
Dec 31, 2018	51,585,058	328,529,577	82,905,782	164,949
Dec 31, 2019	51,764,822	330,226,227	83,092,962	165,639
Dec 31, 2020	51,836,239	331,578,104	83,160,871	166,235
Dec 31, 2021	51,769,539	332,100,166	83,196,078	166,741
Dec 31, 2022	51,672,569	333,996,304	83,177,813	167,215
Dec 31, 2023	51,712,619	336,755,052	83,287,273	167,691
Dec 31, 2024	51,751,065	340,003,797	83,516,593	168,126
Dec 31, 2025	51,684,564	341,784,857	83,491,249	168,466