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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States	Germany	Lesotho
Dec 31, 2002	47,644,736	287,625,193	82,488,495	1,994,679
Dec 31, 2003	47,892,330	290,107,933	82,534,176	1,985,059
Dec 31, 2004	48,082,519	292,805,298	82,516,260	1,971,129
Dec 31, 2005	48,184,561	295,516,599	82,469,422	1,953,076
Dec 31, 2006	48,438,292	298,379,912	82,376,451	1,945,063
Dec 31, 2007	48,683,638	301,231,207	82,266,372	1,953,268
Dec 31, 2008	49,054,708	304,093,966	82,110,097	1,966,541
Dec 31, 2009	49,307,835	306,771,529	81,902,307	1,980,883
Dec 31, 2010	49,554,112	309,378,227	81,776,930	1,996,251
Dec 31, 2011	49,936,638	311,839,461	80,274,983	2,014,009
Dec 31, 2012	50,199,853	314,339,099	80,425,823	2,034,354
Dec 31, 2013	50,428,893	316,726,282	80,645,605	2,056,504
Dec 31, 2014	50,746,659	319,257,560	80,982,500	2,080,089
Dec 31, 2015	51,014,947	321,815,121	81,686,611	2,104,611
Dec 31, 2016	51,217,803	324,353,340	82,348,669	2,130,422
Dec 31, 2017	51,361,911	326,608,609	82,657,002	2,157,110
Dec 31, 2018	51,585,058	328,529,577	82,905,782	2,183,603
Dec 31, 2019	51,764,822	330,226,227	83,092,962	2,209,405
Dec 31, 2020	51,836,239	331,578,104	83,160,871	2,235,727
Dec 31, 2021	51,769,539	332,100,166	83,196,078	2,261,542
Dec 31, 2022	51,672,569	333,996,304	83,177,813	2,286,110
Dec 31, 2023	51,712,619	336,755,052	83,287,273	2,311,472
Dec 31, 2024	51,751,065	340,003,797	83,516,593	2,337,423
Dec 31, 2025	51,684,564	341,784,857	83,491,249	2,363,325