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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Maldives	Japan	Maldives
1960	93,216,000	91,189	-	-
1961	94,055,000	93,450	0.9%	2.48%
1962	94,933,000	95,802	0.93%	2.52%
1963	95,900,000	98,222	1.02%	2.53%
1964	96,903,000	100,662	1.05%	2.48%
1965	97,952,000	104,102	1.08%	3.42%
1966	98,851,000	108,507	0.92%	4.23%
1967	99,879,000	112,528	1.04%	3.71%
1968	101,011,000	116,075	1.13%	3.15%
1969	102,219,000	119,564	1.2%	3.01%
1970	103,403,000	123,219	1.16%	3.06%
1971	105,697,000	127,035	2.22%	3.1%
1972	107,188,000	130,968	1.41%	3.1%
1973	108,707,000	134,952	1.42%	3.04%
1974	110,162,000	138,978	1.34%	2.98%
1975	111,573,000	143,158	1.28%	3.01%
1976	112,775,000	147,525	1.08%	3.05%
1977	113,872,000	151,930	0.97%	2.99%
1978	114,913,000	156,159	0.91%	2.78%
1979	115,890,000	160,360	0.85%	2.69%
1980	116,807,000	164,835	0.79%	2.79%
1981	117,661,000	169,532	0.73%	2.85%
1982	118,480,000	174,333	0.7%	2.83%
1983	119,307,000	179,128	0.7%	2.75%
1984	120,083,000	184,198	0.65%	2.83%
1985	120,837,000	190,169	0.63%	3.24%
1986	121,482,000	196,935	0.53%	3.56%
1987	122,069,000	203,944	0.48%	3.56%
1988	122,578,000	210,885	0.42%	3.4%
1989	123,069,000	217,738	0.4%	3.25%
1990	123,478,000	224,762	0.33%	3.23%
1991	123,964,000	231,802	0.39%	3.13%
1992	124,425,000	238,543	0.37%	2.91%
1993	124,829,000	244,884	0.32%	2.66%
1994	125,178,000	250,822	0.28%	2.42%
1995	125,472,000	256,649	0.23%	2.32%
1996	125,757,000	262,347	0.23%	2.22%
1997	126,057,000	267,707	0.24%	2.04%
1998	126,400,000	272,723	0.27%	1.87%
1999	126,631,000	277,412	0.18%	1.72%
2000	126,843,000	282,019	0.17%	1.66%
2001	127,149,000	286,767	0.24%	1.68%
2002	127,445,000	291,616	0.23%	1.69%
2003	127,718,000	296,491	0.21%	1.67%
2004	127,761,000	301,413	0.03%	1.66%
2005	127,773,000	306,429	0.009%	1.66%
2006	127,854,000	313,851	0.06%	2.42%
2007	128,001,000	324,479	0.11%	3.39%
2008	128,063,000	336,170	0.05%	3.6%
2009	128,047,000	348,275	-0.01%	3.6%
2010	128,070,000	360,792	0.02%	3.59%
2011	127,833,000	373,674	-0.19%	3.57%
2012	127,629,000	386,818	-0.16%	3.52%
2013	127,445,000	400,070	-0.14%	3.43%
2014	127,276,000	413,617	-0.13%	3.39%
2015	127,141,000	428,154	-0.11%	3.51%
2016	127,076,000	443,308	-0.05%	3.54%
2017	126,972,000	458,287	-0.08%	3.38%
2018	126,811,000	473,099	-0.13%	3.23%
2019	126,633,000	487,731	-0.14%	3.09%
2020	126,261,000	502,118	-0.29%	2.95%
2021	125,681,593	516,154	-0.46%	2.8%
2022	125,124,989	524,106	-0.44%	1.54%
2023	124,516,650	525,994	-0.49%	0.36%
2024	123,975,371	527,799	-0.43%	0.34%
2025	123,324,642	529,677	-0.52%	0.36%
2026	122,647,678	531,514	-0.55%	0.35%
2027	121,951,038	533,433	-0.57%	0.36%
2028	121,241,776	535,502	-0.58%	0.39%
2029	120,524,230	537,574	-0.59%	0.39%
2030	119,798,959	539,667	-0.6%	0.39%
2031	119,065,610	541,929	-0.61%	0.42%
2032	118,326,333	544,288	-0.62%	0.44%
2033	117,583,337	546,723	-0.63%	0.45%
2034	116,836,274	549,162	-0.64%	0.45%
2035	116,084,328	551,599	-0.64%	0.44%
2036	115,332,395	554,092	-0.65%	0.45%
2037	114,582,890	556,637	-0.65%	0.46%
2038	113,837,760	559,231	-0.65%	0.47%
2039	113,097,352	561,958	-0.65%	0.49%
2040	112,359,802	564,800	-0.65%	0.51%
2041	111,622,622	567,606	-0.66%	0.5%
2042	110,891,223	570,381	-0.66%	0.49%
2043	110,169,955	573,138	-0.65%	0.48%
2044	109,455,823	575,811	-0.65%	0.47%
2045	108,747,012	578,459	-0.65%	0.46%
2046	108,044,346	581,026	-0.65%	0.44%
2047	107,350,486	583,393	-0.64%	0.41%
2048	106,665,616	585,720	-0.64%	0.4%
2049	105,986,908	587,988	-0.64%	0.39%
2050	105,312,022	589,960	-0.64%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.