Population: compare countries

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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	133,471,989	287,625,193	82,488,495
Dec 31, 2003	137,202,644	290,107,933	82,534,176
Dec 31, 2004	141,057,045	292,805,298	82,516,260
Dec 31, 2005	145,017,253	295,516,599	82,469,422
Dec 31, 2006	149,077,334	298,379,912	82,376,451
Dec 31, 2007	153,267,261	301,231,207	82,266,372
Dec 31, 2008	157,595,014	304,093,966	82,110,097
Dec 31, 2009	162,049,464	306,771,529	81,902,307
Dec 31, 2010	166,642,886	309,378,227	81,776,930
Dec 31, 2011	171,379,598	311,839,461	80,274,983
Dec 31, 2012	176,200,625	314,339,099	80,425,823
Dec 31, 2013	181,049,443	316,726,282	80,645,605
Dec 31, 2014	185,896,915	319,257,560	80,982,500
Dec 31, 2015	190,671,878	321,815,121	81,686,611
Dec 31, 2016	195,443,700	324,353,340	82,348,669
Dec 31, 2017	200,254,579	326,608,609	82,657,002
Dec 31, 2018	204,938,755	328,529,577	82,905,782
Dec 31, 2019	209,485,641	330,226,227	83,092,962
Dec 31, 2020	213,996,181	331,578,104	83,160,871
Dec 31, 2021	218,529,286	332,100,166	83,196,078
Dec 31, 2022	223,150,896	333,996,304	83,177,813
Dec 31, 2023	227,882,945	336,755,052	83,287,273
Dec 31, 2024	232,679,478	340,003,797	83,516,593
Dec 31, 2025	237,527,782	341,784,857	83,491,249