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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Japan	South Africa	Romania
Dec 31, 2002	287,625,193	127,445,000	48,019,415	21,730,496
Dec 31, 2003	290,107,933	127,718,000	48,500,348	21,574,326
Dec 31, 2004	292,805,298	127,761,000	48,991,421	21,451,748
Dec 31, 2005	295,516,599	127,773,000	49,490,033	21,319,685
Dec 31, 2006	298,379,912	127,854,000	49,998,277	21,193,760
Dec 31, 2007	301,231,207	128,001,000	50,528,584	20,882,982
Dec 31, 2008	304,093,966	128,063,000	51,114,599	20,537,875
Dec 31, 2009	306,771,529	128,047,000	51,728,516	20,367,487
Dec 31, 2010	309,378,227	128,070,000	52,344,051	20,246,871
Dec 31, 2011	311,839,461	127,833,000	52,995,205	20,147,528
Dec 31, 2012	314,339,099	127,629,000	53,782,567	20,058,035
Dec 31, 2013	316,726,282	127,445,000	54,678,791	19,983,693
Dec 31, 2014	319,257,560	127,276,000	55,594,838	19,908,979
Dec 31, 2015	321,815,121	127,141,000	56,723,537	19,815,616
Dec 31, 2016	324,353,340	127,076,000	57,259,551	19,702,267
Dec 31, 2017	326,608,609	126,972,000	57,635,162	19,588,715
Dec 31, 2018	328,529,577	126,811,000	58,613,001	19,473,970
Dec 31, 2019	330,226,227	126,633,000	59,587,885	19,371,648
Dec 31, 2020	331,578,104	126,261,000	60,562,381	19,265,250
Dec 31, 2021	332,100,166	125,681,593	61,502,603	19,122,059
Dec 31, 2022	333,996,304	125,124,989	62,378,410	19,048,502
Dec 31, 2023	336,755,052	124,516,650	63,212,384	19,061,062
Dec 31, 2024	340,003,797	123,975,371	64,007,187	19,051,804
Dec 31, 2025	341,784,857	123,366,734	64,747,319	19,020,271