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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States	Greece	Papua New Guinea
Dec 31, 2002	47,644,736	287,625,193	10,902,022	5,924,003
Dec 31, 2003	47,892,330	290,107,933	10,928,070	6,123,997
Dec 31, 2004	48,082,519	292,805,298	10,955,141	6,328,041
Dec 31, 2005	48,184,561	295,516,599	10,987,314	6,535,905
Dec 31, 2006	48,438,292	298,379,912	11,020,362	6,747,720
Dec 31, 2007	48,683,638	301,231,207	11,048,473	6,963,345
Dec 31, 2008	49,054,708	304,093,966	11,077,841	7,183,002
Dec 31, 2009	49,307,835	306,771,529	11,107,017	7,406,438
Dec 31, 2010	49,554,112	309,378,227	11,121,341	7,633,523
Dec 31, 2011	49,936,638	311,839,461	11,104,899	7,859,346
Dec 31, 2012	50,199,853	314,339,099	11,045,011	8,081,390
Dec 31, 2013	50,428,893	316,726,282	10,965,211	8,302,698
Dec 31, 2014	50,746,659	319,257,560	10,892,413	8,523,441
Dec 31, 2015	51,014,947	321,815,121	10,820,883	8,743,246
Dec 31, 2016	51,217,803	324,353,340	10,775,971	8,961,718
Dec 31, 2017	51,361,911	326,608,609	10,754,679	9,178,714
Dec 31, 2018	51,585,058	328,529,577	10,732,882	9,394,513
Dec 31, 2019	51,764,822	330,226,227	10,721,582	9,609,010
Dec 31, 2020	51,836,239	331,578,104	10,698,599	9,815,746
Dec 31, 2021	51,769,539	332,100,166	10,570,130	10,012,896
Dec 31, 2022	51,672,569	333,996,304	10,437,805	10,203,169
Dec 31, 2023	51,712,619	336,755,052	10,407,351	10,389,635
Dec 31, 2024	51,751,065	340,003,797	10,405,134	10,576,502
Dec 31, 2025	51,684,564	341,784,857	10,413,962	10,762,817