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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Japan	Belgium	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 2002	287,625,193	127,445,000	10,332,785	12,680,897
Dec 31, 2003	290,107,933	127,718,000	10,376,133	13,082,532
Dec 31, 2004	292,805,298	127,761,000	10,421,137	13,500,533
Dec 31, 2005	295,516,599	127,773,000	10,478,617	13,932,123
Dec 31, 2006	298,379,912	127,854,000	10,547,958	14,373,707
Dec 31, 2007	301,231,207	128,001,000	10,625,700	14,816,307
Dec 31, 2008	304,093,966	128,063,000	10,709,973	15,258,093
Dec 31, 2009	306,771,529	128,047,000	10,796,493	15,710,066
Dec 31, 2010	309,378,227	128,070,000	10,895,586	16,176,498
Dec 31, 2011	311,839,461	127,833,000	11,038,264	16,661,908
Dec 31, 2012	314,339,099	127,629,000	11,106,932	17,172,287
Dec 31, 2013	316,726,282	127,445,000	11,159,407	17,695,409
Dec 31, 2014	319,257,560	127,276,000	11,209,057	18,229,461
Dec 31, 2015	321,815,121	127,141,000	11,274,196	18,777,487
Dec 31, 2016	324,353,340	127,076,000	11,331,422	19,334,856
Dec 31, 2017	326,608,609	126,972,000	11,375,158	19,894,407
Dec 31, 2018	328,529,577	126,811,000	11,427,054	20,438,288
Dec 31, 2019	330,226,227	126,633,000	11,488,980	20,961,952
Dec 31, 2020	331,578,104	126,261,000	11,538,604	21,478,690
Dec 31, 2021	332,100,166	125,681,593	11,586,195	21,995,243
Dec 31, 2022	333,996,304	125,124,989	11,680,210	22,509,038
Dec 31, 2023	336,755,052	124,516,650	11,779,946	23,025,776
Dec 31, 2024	340,003,797	123,975,371	11,858,610	23,548,781
Dec 31, 2025	341,784,857	123,366,734	11,941,781	24,074,580