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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Germany	Japan	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 2002	287,625,193	82,488,495	127,445,000	4,075,705
Dec 31, 2003	290,107,933	82,534,176	127,718,000	4,138,784
Dec 31, 2004	292,805,298	82,516,260	127,761,000	4,200,078
Dec 31, 2005	295,516,599	82,469,422	127,773,000	4,261,240
Dec 31, 2006	298,379,912	82,376,451	127,854,000	4,321,340
Dec 31, 2007	301,231,207	82,266,372	128,001,000	4,380,248
Dec 31, 2008	304,093,966	82,110,097	128,063,000	4,440,056
Dec 31, 2009	306,771,529	81,902,307	128,047,000	4,499,791
Dec 31, 2010	309,378,227	81,776,930	128,070,000	4,555,962
Dec 31, 2011	311,839,461	80,274,983	127,833,000	4,609,833
Dec 31, 2012	314,339,099	80,425,823	127,629,000	4,663,934
Dec 31, 2013	316,726,282	80,645,605	127,445,000	4,716,147
Dec 31, 2014	319,257,560	80,982,500	127,276,000	4,767,119
Dec 31, 2015	321,815,121	81,686,611	127,141,000	4,818,038
Dec 31, 2016	324,353,340	82,348,669	127,076,000	4,866,998
Dec 31, 2017	326,608,609	82,657,002	126,972,000	4,913,177
Dec 31, 2018	328,529,577	82,905,782	126,811,000	4,957,818
Dec 31, 2019	330,226,227	83,092,962	126,633,000	4,999,553
Dec 31, 2020	331,578,104	83,160,871	126,261,000	5,034,320
Dec 31, 2021	332,100,166	83,196,078	125,681,593	5,059,988
Dec 31, 2022	333,996,304	83,177,813	125,124,989	5,081,765
Dec 31, 2023	336,755,052	83,287,273	124,516,650	5,105,525
Dec 31, 2024	340,003,797	83,516,593	123,975,371	5,129,910
Dec 31, 2025	341,784,857	83,491,249	123,366,734	5,152,950