The current population of Japan is 123,324,642 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 123,975,371 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Japan accounts for 1.49% of the world's population.
- The UN estimates that Japan's population is going to decline by -14.6% to 105M people by 2050.
- For the last 20 years, Japan has had an average decline rate of -0.17% per year.
- Japan is ranked 12/197 by population and was ranked 10th in 2005.
- Japan's population peaked in 2010 at 128M people and has been in decline since.
- Since 2005, population has decreased from 128M people to 123M (-3.48% decline in 20 years).
Japan population clock
Japan
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 12/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | N/A |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
19.5 seconds
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +153,357 | N/A |
Japan population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | -0.64% |
Japan has a population of 123M as of 2025, compared to 127M in 2015, 128M in 2005, and 125M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.3% per year. Japan is ranked 177th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Japan will have 108,747,012 people (-11.8% decline) with a rank change from 12th to 17th.
By the year 2100, Japan's population is projected to decline by 37.6% to 77M people.
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Japan population statistics
|
Japan
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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