The latest officially reported population of Austria was 9,178,482 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Austria's population is 9,171,198 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 13.4 times bigger than Austria's.
- Austria is ranked the 99th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 1.6% of the world: 0.11% for Austria vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Austria has had an average growth rate of +0.72% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of Austria has increased from 8.23M people to 9.17M (11.5% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 12.9% of the population in Austria and 29% in Japan.
Austria vs Japan: live population counter
Austria
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
9171198
|
123324642
|
| Population rank | 99/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
11.2 minutes
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58.3 seconds
|
| One birth every |
6.77 minutes
|
42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.87 minutes
|
19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
59.6 minutes
|
3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +8,813 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +128 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +46,721 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.51% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 132/197 | 182/197 |
Austria and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Austria
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Austria
|
Japan
|
Austria
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 7,047,539 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,086,299 | 94,055,000 | 0.55% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 7,129,864 | 94,933,000 | 0.61% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 7,175,811 | 95,900,000 | 0.64% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 7,223,801 | 96,903,000 | 0.67% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 7,270,889 | 97,952,000 | 0.65% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 7,322,066 | 98,851,000 | 0.7% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 7,376,998 | 99,879,000 | 0.75% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 7,415,403 | 101,011,000 | 0.52% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 7,441,055 | 102,219,000 | 0.35% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 7,467,086 | 103,403,000 | 0.35% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 7,500,482 | 105,697,000 | 0.45% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 7,544,201 | 107,188,000 | 0.58% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 7,586,115 | 108,707,000 | 0.56% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 7,599,038 | 110,162,000 | 0.17% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 7,578,903 | 111,573,000 | -0.26% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 7,565,525 | 112,775,000 | -0.18% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 7,568,430 | 113,872,000 | 0.04% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 7,562,305 | 114,913,000 | -0.08% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 7,549,425 | 115,890,000 | -0.17% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 7,549,433 | 116,807,000 | 0% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 7,568,710 | 117,661,000 | 0.26% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 7,574,140 | 118,480,000 | 0.07% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 7,561,910 | 119,307,000 | -0.16% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 7,561,434 | 120,083,000 | -0.006% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 7,564,985 | 120,837,000 | 0.05% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 7,569,794 | 121,482,000 | 0.06% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 7,574,586 | 122,069,000 | 0.06% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 7,585,317 | 122,578,000 | 0.14% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 7,619,567 | 123,069,000 | 0.45% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 7,677,850 | 123,478,000 | 0.76% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 7,754,891 | 123,964,000 | 1% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 7,840,709 | 124,425,000 | 1.11% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 7,905,633 | 124,829,000 | 0.83% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 7,936,118 | 125,178,000 | 0.39% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 7,948,278 | 125,472,000 | 0.15% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 7,959,017 | 125,757,000 | 0.14% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 7,968,041 | 126,057,000 | 0.11% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 7,976,789 | 126,400,000 | 0.11% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 7,992,324 | 126,631,000 | 0.19% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 8,011,566 | 126,843,000 | 0.24% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 8,042,293 | 127,149,000 | 0.38% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 8,081,957 | 127,445,000 | 0.49% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 8,121,423 | 127,718,000 | 0.49% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 8,171,966 | 127,761,000 | 0.62% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 8,227,829 | 127,773,000 | 0.68% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 8,268,641 | 127,854,000 | 0.5% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 8,295,487 | 128,001,000 | 0.32% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 8,321,496 | 128,063,000 | 0.31% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 8,343,323 | 128,047,000 | 0.26% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 8,363,404 | 128,070,000 | 0.24% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 8,391,643 | 127,833,000 | 0.34% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 8,429,991 | 127,629,000 | 0.46% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 8,479,823 | 127,445,000 | 0.59% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 8,546,356 | 127,276,000 | 0.78% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 8,642,699 | 127,141,000 | 1.13% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 8,736,668 | 127,076,000 | 1.09% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 8,797,566 | 126,972,000 | 0.7% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 8,840,521 | 126,811,000 | 0.49% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 8,879,920 | 126,633,000 | 0.45% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 8,916,864 | 126,261,000 | 0.42% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 8,955,797 | 125,681,593 | 0.44% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 9,041,851 | 125,124,989 | 0.96% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 9,131,761 | 124,516,650 | 0.99% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 9,178,482 | 123,975,371 | 0.51% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 9,171,198 | 123,324,642 | -0.08% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 9,164,846 | 122,647,678 | -0.07% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 9,159,036 | 121,951,038 | -0.06% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 9,153,783 | 121,241,776 | -0.06% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 9,147,235 | 120,524,230 | -0.07% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 9,137,754 | 119,798,959 | -0.1% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 9,126,423 | 119,065,610 | -0.12% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 9,113,762 | 118,326,333 | -0.14% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 9,100,660 | 117,583,337 | -0.14% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 9,086,498 | 116,836,274 | -0.16% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 9,071,197 | 116,084,328 | -0.17% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 9,056,140 | 115,332,395 | -0.17% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 9,039,487 | 114,582,890 | -0.18% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 9,023,097 | 113,837,760 | -0.18% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 9,007,376 | 113,097,352 | -0.17% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 8,990,550 | 112,359,802 | -0.19% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 8,973,934 | 111,622,622 | -0.18% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 8,956,944 | 110,891,223 | -0.19% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 8,939,342 | 110,169,955 | -0.2% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 8,920,544 | 109,455,823 | -0.21% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 8,900,652 | 108,747,012 | -0.22% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 8,879,996 | 108,044,346 | -0.23% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 8,857,554 | 107,350,486 | -0.25% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 8,833,340 | 106,665,616 | -0.27% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 8,807,087 | 105,986,908 | -0.3% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 8,779,494 | 105,312,022 | -0.31% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Austria increased by 414,870 people (a 5.04% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Austria gained 528,499 (a 6.11% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2005 and is 99th 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) Austria's population will shrink by 4.27% to 8,779,494 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. 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 Austria and Japan
|
Austria
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 82.3 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 43.7 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 288.1 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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