The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 2.57 times bigger than Algeria's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 2.07% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Algeria vs Japan: live population counter
Algeria
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Japan
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
47911682
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123324642
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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58.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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42.2 seconds
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | 182/197 |
Algeria and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Algeria
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Algeria
|
Japan
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Algeria
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 94,055,000 | 1.79% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 94,933,000 | 1.48% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 95,900,000 | 1.54% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 96,903,000 | 1.65% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 97,952,000 | 1.53% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 98,851,000 | 1.81% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 99,879,000 | 2.27% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 101,011,000 | 2.3% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 102,219,000 | 2.3% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 103,403,000 | 2.28% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 105,697,000 | 2.29% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 107,188,000 | 2.33% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 108,707,000 | 2.38% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 110,162,000 | 2.45% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 111,573,000 | 3.6% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 112,775,000 | 4.66% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 113,872,000 | 3.7% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 114,913,000 | 2.89% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 115,890,000 | 3.03% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 116,807,000 | 3.16% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 117,661,000 | 3.3% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 118,480,000 | 3.39% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 119,307,000 | 3.45% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 120,083,000 | 3.47% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 120,837,000 | 3.46% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 121,482,000 | 3.35% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 122,069,000 | 3.07% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 122,578,000 | 2.84% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 123,069,000 | 2.68% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 123,478,000 | 2.51% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 123,964,000 | 2.41% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 124,425,000 | 2.47% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 124,829,000 | 2.44% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 125,178,000 | 2.24% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 125,472,000 | 2.09% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 125,757,000 | 1.98% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 126,057,000 | 1.88% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 126,400,000 | 1.61% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 126,631,000 | 1.4% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 126,843,000 | 1.41% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 127,149,000 | 1.38% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 127,445,000 | 1.34% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 127,718,000 | 1.34% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 127,761,000 | 1.41% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 127,773,000 | 1.47% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 127,854,000 | 1.55% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 128,001,000 | 1.68% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 128,063,000 | 1.84% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 128,047,000 | 1.93% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 128,070,000 | 1.97% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 127,833,000 | 1.98% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 127,629,000 | 2.01% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 127,445,000 | 2.04% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 127,276,000 | 2.06% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 127,141,000 | 2.08% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 127,076,000 | 2.08% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 126,972,000 | 2.05% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 126,811,000 | 1.96% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 126,633,000 | 1.86% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 126,261,000 | 1.73% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 125,681,593 | 1.63% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 125,124,989 | 1.6% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 124,516,650 | 1.51% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 123,975,371 | 1.41% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 123,324,642 | 1.33% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 122,647,678 | 1.25% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 121,951,038 | 1.18% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 121,241,776 | 1.12% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 120,524,230 | 1.06% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 119,798,959 | 1% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 119,065,610 | 0.96% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 118,326,333 | 0.94% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 117,583,337 | 0.92% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 116,836,274 | 0.9% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 116,084,328 | 0.9% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 115,332,395 | 0.89% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 114,582,890 | 0.88% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 113,837,760 | 0.88% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 113,097,352 | 0.88% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 112,359,802 | 0.88% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 111,622,622 | 0.87% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 110,891,223 | 0.87% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 110,169,955 | 0.87% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 109,455,823 | 0.86% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 108,747,012 | 0.85% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 108,044,346 | 0.83% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 107,350,486 | 0.81% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 106,665,616 | 0.78% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 105,986,908 | 0.76% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 105,312,022 | 0.73% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Algeria and Japan
|
Algeria
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.7 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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