The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 2,337,423 people in Lesotho in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 2,384,217 in Lesotho.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 51.7 times bigger than Lesotho's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Lesotho is the 144th.
- The countries together account for 1.52% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.03% for Lesotho.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +1.17% in Lesotho.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while Lesotho has grown from 1.95M to 2.38M (22.1% growth).
- Lesotho is projected to reach its peak in 2083 at 3.31M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs Lesotho: live population counter
Japan
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Lesotho
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
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2384217
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| Population rank | 12/197 | 144/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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20.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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9.43 minutes
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| One death every |
19.5 seconds
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21.4 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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1.72 hours
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | -5,107 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +71 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +25,951 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +1.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 96/197 |
Japan and Lesotho: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Lesotho
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
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Lesotho
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Japan
|
Lesotho
|
|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 736,500 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 758,824 | 0.9% | 3.03% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 781,814 | 0.93% | 3.03% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 805,373 | 1.02% | 3.01% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 829,437 | 1.05% | 2.99% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 854,090 | 1.08% | 2.97% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 881,870 | 0.92% | 3.25% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 913,982 | 1.04% | 3.64% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 948,105 | 1.13% | 3.73% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 983,202 | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 1,019,273 | 1.16% | 3.67% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 1,056,246 | 2.22% | 3.63% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 1,094,063 | 1.41% | 3.58% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 1,132,697 | 1.42% | 3.53% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 1,172,420 | 1.34% | 3.51% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 1,213,643 | 1.28% | 3.52% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 1,253,214 | 1.08% | 3.26% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 1,289,967 | 0.97% | 2.93% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 1,327,240 | 0.91% | 2.89% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 1,366,169 | 0.85% | 2.93% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 1,406,521 | 0.79% | 2.95% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 1,448,069 | 0.73% | 2.95% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 1,490,732 | 0.7% | 2.95% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 1,534,413 | 0.7% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 1,578,986 | 0.65% | 2.9% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 1,624,379 | 0.63% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 1,666,138 | 0.53% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 1,703,390 | 0.48% | 2.24% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 1,739,841 | 0.42% | 2.14% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 1,775,436 | 0.4% | 2.05% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 1,809,696 | 0.33% | 1.93% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 1,842,379 | 0.39% | 1.81% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 1,873,274 | 0.37% | 1.68% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 1,901,793 | 0.32% | 1.52% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 1,927,707 | 0.28% | 1.36% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 1,951,437 | 0.23% | 1.23% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 1,972,418 | 0.23% | 1.08% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 1,988,130 | 0.24% | 0.8% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 1,998,049 | 0.27% | 0.5% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 2,003,234 | 0.18% | 0.26% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 2,003,913 | 0.17% | 0.03% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 2,000,853 | 0.24% | -0.15% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 1,994,679 | 0.23% | -0.31% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 1,985,059 | 0.21% | -0.48% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 1,971,129 | 0.03% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 1,953,076 | 0.009% | -0.92% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 1,945,063 | 0.06% | -0.41% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 1,953,268 | 0.11% | 0.42% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 1,966,541 | 0.05% | 0.68% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 1,980,883 | -0.01% | 0.73% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 1,996,251 | 0.02% | 0.78% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 2,014,009 | -0.19% | 0.89% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 2,034,354 | -0.16% | 1.01% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 2,056,504 | -0.14% | 1.09% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 2,080,089 | -0.13% | 1.15% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 2,104,611 | -0.11% | 1.18% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 2,130,422 | -0.05% | 1.23% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 2,157,110 | -0.08% | 1.25% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 2,183,603 | -0.13% | 1.23% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 2,209,405 | -0.14% | 1.18% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 2,235,727 | -0.29% | 1.19% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 2,261,542 | -0.46% | 1.15% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 2,286,110 | -0.44% | 1.09% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 2,311,472 | -0.49% | 1.11% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 2,337,423 | -0.43% | 1.12% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 2,363,324 | -0.52% | 1.11% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 2,389,334 | -0.55% | 1.1% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 2,415,365 | -0.57% | 1.09% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 2,441,435 | -0.58% | 1.08% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 2,467,677 | -0.59% | 1.07% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 2,493,816 | -0.6% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 2,520,014 | -0.61% | 1.05% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 2,546,489 | -0.62% | 1.05% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 2,573,106 | -0.63% | 1.05% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 2,599,777 | -0.64% | 1.04% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 2,626,560 | -0.64% | 1.03% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 2,653,503 | -0.65% | 1.03% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 2,680,081 | -0.65% | 1% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 2,706,197 | -0.65% | 0.97% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 2,732,138 | -0.65% | 0.96% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 2,757,868 | -0.65% | 0.94% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 2,783,361 | -0.66% | 0.92% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 2,808,538 | -0.66% | 0.9% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 2,833,257 | -0.65% | 0.88% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 2,857,499 | -0.65% | 0.86% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 2,881,333 | -0.65% | 0.83% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 2,904,780 | -0.65% | 0.81% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 2,927,859 | -0.64% | 0.79% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 2,950,411 | -0.64% | 0.77% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 2,972,156 | -0.64% | 0.74% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 2,993,080 | -0.64% | 0.7% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2005 and still ranked 144th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Japan's population will shrink by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people with a rank change from 12th to 17th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.
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Population differences between Japan and Lesotho
|
Japan
|
Lesotho
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 58.2 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 25.8 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 22.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 199.4 ppl/mi² |
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