Population in Colombia compared to Japan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Colombia and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Japan	Colombia	Japan
1960	15,606,209	93,216,000	-	-
1961	16,095,203	94,055,000	3.13%	0.9%
1962	16,599,029	94,933,000	3.13%	0.93%
1963	17,113,823	95,900,000	3.1%	1.02%
1964	17,637,411	96,903,000	3.06%	1.05%
1965	18,169,050	97,952,000	3.01%	1.08%
1966	18,702,688	98,851,000	2.94%	0.92%
1967	19,235,618	99,879,000	2.85%	1.04%
1968	19,766,796	101,011,000	2.76%	1.13%
1969	20,291,942	102,219,000	2.66%	1.2%
1970	20,811,782	103,403,000	2.56%	1.16%
1971	21,319,096	105,697,000	2.44%	2.22%
1972	21,819,563	107,188,000	2.35%	1.41%
1973	22,325,374	108,707,000	2.32%	1.42%
1974	22,833,469	110,162,000	2.28%	1.34%
1975	23,344,644	111,573,000	2.24%	1.28%
1976	23,858,810	112,775,000	2.2%	1.08%
1977	24,393,494	113,872,000	2.24%	0.97%
1978	24,950,337	114,913,000	2.28%	0.91%
1979	25,515,626	115,890,000	2.27%	0.85%
1980	26,104,498	116,807,000	2.31%	0.79%
1981	26,713,267	117,661,000	2.33%	0.73%
1982	27,338,331	118,480,000	2.34%	0.7%
1983	27,988,173	119,307,000	2.38%	0.7%
1984	28,642,690	120,083,000	2.34%	0.65%
1985	29,268,470	120,837,000	2.18%	0.63%
1986	29,879,112	121,482,000	2.09%	0.53%
1987	30,499,467	122,069,000	2.08%	0.48%
1988	31,130,524	122,578,000	2.07%	0.42%
1989	31,776,279	123,069,000	2.07%	0.4%
1990	32,440,069	123,478,000	2.09%	0.33%
1991	33,098,372	123,964,000	2.03%	0.39%
1992	33,760,571	124,425,000	2%	0.37%
1993	34,441,473	124,829,000	2.02%	0.32%
1994	35,127,410	125,178,000	1.99%	0.28%
1995	35,804,662	125,472,000	1.93%	0.23%
1996	36,462,745	125,757,000	1.84%	0.23%
1997	37,121,149	126,057,000	1.81%	0.24%
1998	37,792,165	126,400,000	1.81%	0.27%
1999	38,454,863	126,631,000	1.75%	0.18%
2000	39,089,934	126,843,000	1.65%	0.17%
2001	39,709,262	127,149,000	1.58%	0.24%
2002	40,324,680	127,445,000	1.55%	0.23%
2003	40,937,429	127,718,000	1.52%	0.21%
2004	41,543,171	127,761,000	1.48%	0.03%
2005	42,128,977	127,773,000	1.41%	0.009%
2006	42,691,084	127,854,000	1.33%	0.06%
2007	43,235,374	128,001,000	1.27%	0.11%
2008	43,758,808	128,063,000	1.21%	0.05%
2009	44,271,541	128,047,000	1.17%	-0.01%
2010	44,777,319	128,070,000	1.14%	0.02%
2011	45,259,614	127,833,000	1.08%	-0.19%
2012	45,715,810	127,629,000	1.01%	-0.16%
2013	46,151,584	127,445,000	0.95%	-0.14%
2014	46,565,429	127,276,000	0.9%	-0.13%
2015	46,969,940	127,141,000	0.87%	-0.11%
2016	47,437,512	127,076,000	1%	-0.05%
2017	48,131,078	126,972,000	1.46%	-0.08%
2018	49,024,465	126,811,000	1.86%	-0.13%
2019	49,907,985	126,633,000	1.8%	-0.14%
2020	50,629,997	126,261,000	1.45%	-0.29%
2021	51,188,173	125,681,593	1.1%	-0.46%
2022	51,737,944	125,124,989	1.07%	-0.44%
2023	52,321,152	124,516,650	1.13%	-0.49%
2024	52,886,363	123,975,371	1.08%	-0.43%
2025	53,425,632	123,324,642	1.02%	-0.52%
2026	53,936,234	122,647,678	0.96%	-0.55%
2027	54,422,275	121,951,038	0.9%	-0.57%
2028	54,885,123	121,241,776	0.85%	-0.58%
2029	55,322,627	120,524,230	0.8%	-0.59%
2030	55,736,477	119,798,959	0.75%	-0.6%
2031	56,125,966	119,065,610	0.7%	-0.61%
2032	56,490,496	118,326,333	0.65%	-0.62%
2033	56,832,264	117,583,337	0.61%	-0.63%
2034	57,151,619	116,836,274	0.56%	-0.64%
2035	57,445,755	116,084,328	0.51%	-0.64%
2036	57,716,869	115,332,395	0.47%	-0.65%
2037	57,965,300	114,582,890	0.43%	-0.65%
2038	58,190,082	113,837,760	0.39%	-0.65%
2039	58,394,310	113,097,352	0.35%	-0.65%
2040	58,576,452	112,359,802	0.31%	-0.65%
2041	58,736,886	111,622,622	0.27%	-0.66%
2042	58,878,126	110,891,223	0.24%	-0.66%
2043	59,000,362	110,169,955	0.21%	-0.65%
2044	59,104,592	109,455,823	0.18%	-0.65%
2045	59,190,826	108,747,012	0.15%	-0.65%
2046	59,259,758	108,044,346	0.12%	-0.65%
2047	59,313,132	107,350,486	0.09%	-0.64%
2048	59,351,262	106,665,616	0.06%	-0.64%
2049	59,375,012	105,986,908	0.04%	-0.64%
2050	59,385,355	105,312,022	0.02%	-0.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.