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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Germany	Japan	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 2002	287,625,193	82,488,495	127,445,000	19,805,752
Dec 31, 2003	290,107,933	82,534,176	127,718,000	19,951,521
Dec 31, 2004	292,805,298	82,516,260	127,761,000	20,087,605
Dec 31, 2005	295,516,599	82,469,422	127,773,000	20,216,524
Dec 31, 2006	298,379,912	82,376,451	127,854,000	20,352,411
Dec 31, 2007	301,231,207	82,266,372	128,001,000	20,492,545
Dec 31, 2008	304,093,966	82,110,097	128,063,000	20,629,378
Dec 31, 2009	306,771,529	81,902,307	128,047,000	20,756,435
Dec 31, 2010	309,378,227	81,776,930	128,070,000	20,879,089
Dec 31, 2011	311,839,461	80,274,983	127,833,000	21,009,048
Dec 31, 2012	314,339,099	80,425,823	127,629,000	21,169,458
Dec 31, 2013	316,726,282	80,645,605	127,445,000	20,585,000
Dec 31, 2014	319,257,560	80,982,500	127,276,000	20,778,000
Dec 31, 2015	321,815,121	81,686,611	127,141,000	20,970,000
Dec 31, 2016	324,353,340	82,348,669	127,076,000	21,209,000
Dec 31, 2017	326,608,609	82,657,002	126,972,000	21,453,000
Dec 31, 2018	328,529,577	82,905,782	126,811,000	21,670,000
Dec 31, 2019	330,226,227	83,092,962	126,633,000	21,803,000
Dec 31, 2020	331,578,104	83,160,871	126,261,000	21,919,000
Dec 31, 2021	332,100,166	83,196,078	125,681,593	22,156,000
Dec 31, 2022	333,996,304	83,177,813	125,124,989	22,181,000
Dec 31, 2023	336,755,052	83,287,273	124,516,650	22,037,000
Dec 31, 2024	340,003,797	83,516,593	123,975,371	21,916,000
Dec 31, 2025	341,784,857	83,491,249	123,366,734	21,756,000