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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Papua New Guinea	Burkina Faso	South Korea
Dec 31, 2002	5,924,003	12,680,897	47,644,736
Dec 31, 2003	6,123,997	13,082,532	47,892,330
Dec 31, 2004	6,328,041	13,500,533	48,082,519
Dec 31, 2005	6,535,905	13,932,123	48,184,561
Dec 31, 2006	6,747,720	14,373,707	48,438,292
Dec 31, 2007	6,963,345	14,816,307	48,683,638
Dec 31, 2008	7,183,002	15,258,093	49,054,708
Dec 31, 2009	7,406,438	15,710,066	49,307,835
Dec 31, 2010	7,633,523	16,176,498	49,554,112
Dec 31, 2011	7,859,346	16,661,908	49,936,638
Dec 31, 2012	8,081,390	17,172,287	50,199,853
Dec 31, 2013	8,302,698	17,695,409	50,428,893
Dec 31, 2014	8,523,441	18,229,461	50,746,659
Dec 31, 2015	8,743,246	18,777,487	51,014,947
Dec 31, 2016	8,961,718	19,334,856	51,217,803
Dec 31, 2017	9,178,714	19,894,407	51,361,911
Dec 31, 2018	9,394,513	20,438,288	51,585,058
Dec 31, 2019	9,609,010	20,961,952	51,764,822
Dec 31, 2020	9,815,746	21,478,690	51,836,239
Dec 31, 2021	10,012,896	21,995,243	51,769,539
Dec 31, 2022	10,203,169	22,509,038	51,672,569
Dec 31, 2023	10,389,635	23,025,776	51,712,619
Dec 31, 2024	10,576,502	23,548,781	51,751,065
Dec 31, 2025	10,762,817	24,074,580	51,684,564