Population: compare countries

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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	48,019,415	287,625,193	82,488,495
Dec 31, 2003	48,500,348	290,107,933	82,534,176
Dec 31, 2004	48,991,421	292,805,298	82,516,260
Dec 31, 2005	49,490,033	295,516,599	82,469,422
Dec 31, 2006	49,998,277	298,379,912	82,376,451
Dec 31, 2007	50,528,584	301,231,207	82,266,372
Dec 31, 2008	51,114,599	304,093,966	82,110,097
Dec 31, 2009	51,728,516	306,771,529	81,902,307
Dec 31, 2010	52,344,051	309,378,227	81,776,930
Dec 31, 2011	52,995,205	311,839,461	80,274,983
Dec 31, 2012	53,782,567	314,339,099	80,425,823
Dec 31, 2013	54,678,791	316,726,282	80,645,605
Dec 31, 2014	55,594,838	319,257,560	80,982,500
Dec 31, 2015	56,723,537	321,815,121	81,686,611
Dec 31, 2016	57,259,551	324,353,340	82,348,669
Dec 31, 2017	57,635,162	326,608,609	82,657,002
Dec 31, 2018	58,613,001	328,529,577	82,905,782
Dec 31, 2019	59,587,885	330,226,227	83,092,962
Dec 31, 2020	60,562,381	331,578,104	83,160,871
Dec 31, 2021	61,502,603	332,100,166	83,196,078
Dec 31, 2022	62,378,410	333,996,304	83,177,813
Dec 31, 2023	63,212,384	336,755,052	83,287,273
Dec 31, 2024	64,007,187	340,003,797	83,516,593
Dec 31, 2025	64,747,319	341,784,857	83,491,249