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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Luxembourg	Japan	Luxembourg
1960	93,216,000	313,970	-	-
1961	94,055,000	316,845	0.9%	0.92%
1962	94,933,000	320,750	0.93%	1.23%
1963	95,900,000	324,100	1.02%	1.04%
1964	96,903,000	327,750	1.05%	1.13%
1965	97,952,000	331,500	1.08%	1.14%
1966	98,851,000	333,895	0.92%	0.72%
1967	99,879,000	334,995	1.04%	0.33%
1968	101,011,000	335,850	1.13%	0.26%
1969	102,219,000	337,500	1.2%	0.49%
1970	103,403,000	339,171	1.16%	0.5%
1971	105,697,000	342,421	2.22%	0.96%
1972	107,188,000	346,600	1.41%	1.22%
1973	108,707,000	350,450	1.42%	1.11%
1974	110,162,000	355,050	1.34%	1.31%
1975	111,573,000	358,950	1.28%	1.1%
1976	112,775,000	360,731	1.08%	0.5%
1977	113,872,000	361,358	0.97%	0.17%
1978	114,913,000	362,007	0.91%	0.18%
1979	115,890,000	362,856	0.85%	0.23%
1980	116,807,000	364,150	0.79%	0.36%
1981	117,661,000	365,225	0.73%	0.3%
1982	118,480,000	365,525	0.7%	0.08%
1983	119,307,000	365,622	0.7%	0.03%
1984	120,083,000	365,998	0.65%	0.1%
1985	120,837,000	366,706	0.63%	0.19%
1986	121,482,000	368,355	0.53%	0.45%
1987	122,069,000	370,750	0.48%	0.65%
1988	122,578,000	373,450	0.42%	0.73%
1989	123,069,000	377,100	0.4%	0.98%
1990	123,478,000	381,850	0.33%	1.26%
1991	123,964,000	387,000	0.39%	1.35%
1992	124,425,000	392,175	0.37%	1.34%
1993	124,829,000	397,475	0.32%	1.35%
1994	125,178,000	402,925	0.28%	1.37%
1995	125,472,000	408,625	0.23%	1.41%
1996	125,757,000	414,225	0.23%	1.37%
1997	126,057,000	419,450	0.24%	1.26%
1998	126,400,000	424,700	0.27%	1.25%
1999	126,631,000	430,475	0.18%	1.36%
2000	126,843,000	436,300	0.17%	1.35%
2001	127,149,000	441,525	0.24%	1.2%
2002	127,445,000	446,175	0.23%	1.05%
2003	127,718,000	451,630	0.21%	1.22%
2004	127,761,000	458,095	0.03%	1.43%
2005	127,773,000	465,158	0.009%	1.54%
2006	127,854,000	472,637	0.06%	1.61%
2007	128,001,000	479,993	0.11%	1.56%
2008	128,063,000	488,650	0.05%	1.8%
2009	128,047,000	497,783	-0.01%	1.87%
2010	128,070,000	506,953	0.02%	1.84%
2011	127,833,000	518,347	-0.19%	2.25%
2012	127,629,000	530,946	-0.16%	2.43%
2013	127,445,000	543,360	-0.14%	2.34%
2014	127,276,000	556,319	-0.13%	2.38%
2015	127,141,000	569,604	-0.11%	2.39%
2016	127,076,000	582,014	-0.05%	2.18%
2017	126,972,000	596,336	-0.08%	2.46%
2018	126,811,000	607,950	-0.13%	1.95%
2019	126,633,000	620,001	-0.14%	1.98%
2020	126,261,000	630,419	-0.29%	1.68%
2021	125,681,593	640,064	-0.46%	1.53%
2022	125,124,989	653,103	-0.44%	2.04%
2023	124,516,650	666,430	-0.49%	2.04%
2024	123,975,371	677,012	-0.43%	1.59%
2025	123,324,642	684,467	-0.52%	1.1%
2026	122,647,678	691,496	-0.55%	1.03%
2027	121,951,038	698,375	-0.57%	0.99%
2028	121,241,776	705,222	-0.58%	0.98%
2029	120,524,230	711,761	-0.59%	0.93%
2030	119,798,959	717,879	-0.6%	0.86%
2031	119,065,610	723,679	-0.61%	0.81%
2032	118,326,333	729,358	-0.62%	0.78%
2033	117,583,337	734,839	-0.63%	0.75%
2034	116,836,274	739,997	-0.64%	0.7%
2035	116,084,328	745,000	-0.64%	0.68%
2036	115,332,395	749,815	-0.65%	0.65%
2037	114,582,890	754,334	-0.65%	0.6%
2038	113,837,760	758,761	-0.65%	0.59%
2039	113,097,352	763,128	-0.65%	0.58%
2040	112,359,802	767,173	-0.65%	0.53%
2041	111,622,622	770,954	-0.66%	0.49%
2042	110,891,223	774,612	-0.66%	0.47%
2043	110,169,955	778,001	-0.65%	0.44%
2044	109,455,823	781,123	-0.65%	0.4%
2045	108,747,012	784,141	-0.65%	0.39%
2046	108,044,346	786,968	-0.65%	0.36%
2047	107,350,486	789,534	-0.64%	0.33%
2048	106,665,616	791,997	-0.64%	0.31%
2049	105,986,908	794,237	-0.64%	0.28%
2050	105,312,022	796,129	-0.64%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while Luxembourg gained 109,377 people (a 23.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while Luxembourg's population increased by 109,557 (a 18.8% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2006 and ranked 164th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Japan's population will shrink by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people with a rank change from 12th to 17th. The population of Luxembourg will increase by 15.1% to 796,129 people and will still be ranked 164th.