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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Papua New Guinea	United States	Germany	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 2002	5,924,003	287,625,193	82,488,495	4,006,077
Dec 31, 2003	6,123,997	290,107,933	82,534,176	4,103,086
Dec 31, 2004	6,328,041	292,805,298	82,516,260	4,192,826
Dec 31, 2005	6,535,905	295,516,599	82,469,422	4,288,810
Dec 31, 2006	6,747,720	298,379,912	82,376,451	4,377,579
Dec 31, 2007	6,963,345	301,231,207	82,266,372	4,462,770
Dec 31, 2008	7,183,002	304,093,966	82,110,097	4,558,984
Dec 31, 2009	7,406,438	306,771,529	81,902,307	4,529,047
Dec 31, 2010	7,633,523	309,378,227	81,776,930	4,492,995
Dec 31, 2011	7,859,346	311,839,461	80,274,983	4,565,021
Dec 31, 2012	8,081,390	314,339,099	80,425,823	4,610,848
Dec 31, 2013	8,302,698	316,726,282	80,645,605	4,642,419
Dec 31, 2014	8,523,441	319,257,560	80,982,500	4,623,182
Dec 31, 2015	8,743,246	321,815,121	81,686,611	4,629,320
Dec 31, 2016	8,961,718	324,353,340	82,348,669	4,713,663
Dec 31, 2017	9,178,714	326,608,609	82,657,002	4,793,511
Dec 31, 2018	9,394,513	328,529,577	82,905,782	4,878,657
Dec 31, 2019	9,609,010	330,226,227	83,092,962	4,944,703
Dec 31, 2020	9,815,746	331,578,104	83,160,871	5,026,628
Dec 31, 2021	10,012,896	332,100,166	83,196,078	5,112,100
Dec 31, 2022	10,203,169	333,996,304	83,177,813	5,098,039
Dec 31, 2023	10,389,635	336,755,052	83,287,273	5,152,421
Dec 31, 2024	10,576,502	340,003,797	83,516,593	5,330,690
Dec 31, 2025	10,762,817	341,784,857	83,491,249	5,513,282