The latest officially reported population of Brazil was 211,998,573 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brazil's population is 213,570,306 people compared to 122,647,678 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Brazil's population is 1.74 times bigger than Japan's.
- Brazil is ranked the 7th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 4.06% of the world: 2.58% for Brazil vs 1.48% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Brazil has had an average growth rate of +0.6% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2006, the population of Brazil has increased from 187M people to 214M (14.4% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (4.07% decline).
- Brazil is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 219M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Brazil vs Japan: live population counter
Brazil
|
Japan
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
213570306
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122647678
|
| Population rank | 7/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.58% | 1.48% |
| One net population change |
36.8 seconds
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58.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
12.1 seconds
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42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
21.1 seconds
|
19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.33 minutes
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3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -225,510 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,350 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +857,844 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.41% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 141/197 | 185/197 |
Brazil and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Brazil
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Brazil
|
Japan
|
Brazil
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Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 72,388,126 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 74,605,447 | 94,055,000 | 3.06% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 76,865,323 | 94,933,000 | 3.03% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 79,164,235 | 95,900,000 | 2.99% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 81,488,595 | 96,903,000 | 2.94% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 83,817,583 | 97,952,000 | 2.86% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 86,139,359 | 98,851,000 | 2.77% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 88,446,124 | 99,879,000 | 2.68% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 90,741,240 | 101,011,000 | 2.59% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 93,045,777 | 102,219,000 | 2.54% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 95,375,651 | 103,403,000 | 2.5% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 97,739,273 | 105,697,000 | 2.48% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 100,146,797 | 107,188,000 | 2.46% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 102,600,976 | 108,707,000 | 2.45% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 105,089,675 | 110,162,000 | 2.43% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 107,619,565 | 111,573,000 | 2.41% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 110,213,349 | 112,775,000 | 2.41% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 112,875,292 | 113,872,000 | 2.42% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 115,600,942 | 114,913,000 | 2.41% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 118,380,821 | 115,890,000 | 2.4% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 121,207,461 | 116,807,000 | 2.39% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 124,063,109 | 117,661,000 | 2.36% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 126,923,155 | 118,480,000 | 2.31% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 129,790,077 | 119,307,000 | 2.26% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 132,658,864 | 120,083,000 | 2.21% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 135,515,595 | 120,837,000 | 2.15% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 138,336,370 | 121,482,000 | 2.08% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 141,104,944 | 122,069,000 | 2% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 143,826,357 | 122,578,000 | 1.93% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 146,502,972 | 123,069,000 | 1.86% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 149,143,223 | 123,478,000 | 1.8% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 151,724,256 | 123,964,000 | 1.73% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 154,275,079 | 124,425,000 | 1.68% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 156,794,577 | 124,829,000 | 1.63% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 159,265,006 | 125,178,000 | 1.58% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 161,735,073 | 125,472,000 | 1.55% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 164,202,549 | 125,757,000 | 1.53% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 166,661,659 | 126,057,000 | 1.5% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 169,159,655 | 126,400,000 | 1.5% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 171,641,543 | 126,631,000 | 1.47% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 174,018,282 | 126,843,000 | 1.38% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 176,301,203 | 127,149,000 | 1.31% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 178,503,484 | 127,445,000 | 1.25% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 180,622,688 | 127,718,000 | 1.19% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 182,675,143 | 127,761,000 | 1.14% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 184,688,101 | 127,773,000 | 1.1% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 186,653,106 | 127,854,000 | 1.06% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 188,552,320 | 128,001,000 | 1.02% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 190,367,302 | 128,063,000 | 0.96% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 192,079,951 | 128,047,000 | 0.9% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 193,701,929 | 128,070,000 | 0.84% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 195,284,734 | 127,833,000 | 0.82% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 196,876,111 | 127,629,000 | 0.81% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 198,478,299 | 127,445,000 | 0.81% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 200,085,127 | 127,276,000 | 0.81% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 201,675,532 | 127,141,000 | 0.79% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 203,218,114 | 127,076,000 | 0.76% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 204,703,445 | 126,972,000 | 0.73% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 206,107,261 | 126,811,000 | 0.69% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 207,455,459 | 126,633,000 | 0.65% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 208,660,842 | 126,261,000 | 0.58% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 209,550,294 | 125,681,593 | 0.43% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 210,306,415 | 125,124,989 | 0.36% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 211,140,729 | 124,516,650 | 0.4% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 211,998,573 | 123,975,371 | 0.41% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 212,812,405 | 123,324,642 | 0.38% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 213,562,674 | 122,647,678 | 0.35% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 214,261,037 | 121,951,038 | 0.33% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 214,911,388 | 121,241,776 | 0.3% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 215,515,178 | 120,524,230 | 0.28% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 216,074,424 | 119,798,959 | 0.26% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 216,587,355 | 119,065,610 | 0.24% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 217,055,392 | 118,326,333 | 0.22% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 217,479,394 | 117,583,337 | 0.2% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 217,860,892 | 116,836,274 | 0.18% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 218,199,715 | 116,084,328 | 0.16% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 218,495,215 | 115,332,395 | 0.14% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 218,747,246 | 114,582,890 | 0.12% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 218,955,573 | 113,837,760 | 0.1% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 219,118,385 | 113,097,352 | 0.07% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 219,237,085 | 112,359,802 | 0.05% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 219,307,158 | 111,622,622 | 0.03% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 219,319,771 | 110,891,223 | 0.006% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 219,276,528 | 110,169,955 | -0.02% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 219,179,002 | 109,455,823 | -0.04% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 219,026,208 | 108,747,012 | -0.07% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 218,821,045 | 108,044,346 | -0.09% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 218,565,379 | 107,350,486 | -0.12% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 218,258,225 | 106,665,616 | -0.14% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 217,897,833 | 105,986,908 | -0.17% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 217,489,309 | 105,312,022 | -0.19% | -0.64% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brazil increased by 16,565,008 people (a 8.87% growth), while Japan lost 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brazil gained 10,352,192 (a 5.09% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline).
Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2006 and is 7th in 2026. Japan was ranked 10th in 2006 and ranked 12th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Brazil's population will grow by 1.83% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of Japan will decrease by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Brazil and Japan
|
Brazil
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 85.1 years |
| Average age | 36.3 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 35.4 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.62 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 65.7 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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