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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Mexico	Japan	Mexico
1960	93,216,000	36,724,615	-	-
1961	94,055,000	37,890,118	0.9%	3.17%
1962	94,933,000	39,129,200	0.93%	3.27%
1963	95,900,000	40,424,065	1.02%	3.31%
1964	96,903,000	41,772,049	1.05%	3.33%
1965	97,952,000	43,174,477	1.08%	3.36%
1966	98,851,000	44,629,106	0.92%	3.37%
1967	99,879,000	46,129,608	1.04%	3.36%
1968	101,011,000	47,668,303	1.13%	3.34%
1969	102,219,000	49,233,194	1.2%	3.28%
1970	103,403,000	50,814,953	1.16%	3.21%
1971	105,697,000	52,412,558	2.22%	3.14%
1972	107,188,000	54,030,168	1.41%	3.09%
1973	108,707,000	55,667,284	1.42%	3.03%
1974	110,162,000	57,320,149	1.34%	2.97%
1975	111,573,000	58,982,400	1.28%	2.9%
1976	112,775,000	60,645,512	1.08%	2.82%
1977	113,872,000	62,308,493	0.97%	2.74%
1978	114,913,000	63,979,046	0.91%	2.68%
1979	115,890,000	65,648,865	0.85%	2.61%
1980	116,807,000	67,300,334	0.79%	2.52%
1981	117,661,000	68,892,108	0.73%	2.37%
1982	118,480,000	70,433,260	0.7%	2.24%
1983	119,307,000	71,971,240	0.7%	2.18%
1984	120,083,000	73,506,846	0.65%	2.13%
1985	120,837,000	75,043,414	0.63%	2.09%
1986	121,482,000	76,585,637	0.53%	2.06%
1987	122,069,000	78,136,651	0.48%	2.03%
1988	122,578,000	79,695,531	0.42%	2%
1989	123,069,000	81,247,182	0.4%	1.95%
1990	123,478,000	82,820,170	0.33%	1.94%
1991	123,964,000	84,430,572	0.39%	1.94%
1992	124,425,000	86,044,809	0.37%	1.91%
1993	124,829,000	87,653,807	0.32%	1.87%
1994	125,178,000	89,259,205	0.28%	1.83%
1995	125,472,000	90,862,455	0.23%	1.8%
1996	125,757,000	92,452,702	0.23%	1.75%
1997	126,057,000	94,021,207	0.24%	1.7%
1998	126,400,000	95,575,245	0.27%	1.65%
1999	126,631,000	97,115,707	0.18%	1.61%
2000	126,843,000	98,625,552	0.17%	1.55%
2001	127,149,000	100,099,099	0.24%	1.49%
2002	127,445,000	101,548,624	0.23%	1.45%
2003	127,718,000	102,978,515	0.21%	1.41%
2004	127,761,000	104,394,131	0.03%	1.37%
2005	127,773,000	105,811,504	0.009%	1.36%
2006	127,854,000	107,253,666	0.06%	1.36%
2007	128,001,000	108,774,360	0.11%	1.42%
2008	128,063,000	110,374,288	0.05%	1.47%
2009	128,047,000	111,999,721	-0.01%	1.47%
2010	128,070,000	113,623,895	0.02%	1.45%
2011	127,833,000	115,243,504	-0.19%	1.43%
2012	127,629,000	116,818,208	-0.16%	1.37%
2013	127,445,000	118,343,573	-0.14%	1.31%
2014	127,276,000	119,784,261	-0.13%	1.22%
2015	127,141,000	121,072,306	-0.11%	1.08%
2016	127,076,000	122,251,351	-0.05%	0.97%
2017	126,972,000	123,400,057	-0.08%	0.94%
2018	126,811,000	124,573,711	-0.13%	0.95%
2019	126,633,000	125,762,982	-0.14%	0.95%
2020	126,261,000	126,799,054	-0.29%	0.82%
2021	125,681,593	127,648,148	-0.46%	0.67%
2022	125,124,989	128,613,117	-0.44%	0.76%
2023	124,516,650	129,739,759	-0.49%	0.88%
2024	123,975,371	130,861,007	-0.43%	0.86%
2025	123,324,642	131,946,905	-0.52%	0.83%
2026	122,647,678	132,997,664	-0.55%	0.8%
2027	121,951,038	134,017,711	-0.57%	0.77%
2028	121,241,776	135,008,697	-0.58%	0.74%
2029	120,524,230	135,970,893	-0.59%	0.71%
2030	119,798,959	136,904,747	-0.6%	0.69%
2031	119,065,610	137,811,068	-0.61%	0.66%
2032	118,326,333	138,690,189	-0.62%	0.64%
2033	117,583,337	139,542,087	-0.63%	0.61%
2034	116,836,274	140,362,026	-0.64%	0.59%
2035	116,084,328	141,150,818	-0.64%	0.56%
2036	115,332,395	141,909,168	-0.65%	0.54%
2037	114,582,890	142,637,546	-0.65%	0.51%
2038	113,837,760	143,336,222	-0.65%	0.49%
2039	113,097,352	143,998,296	-0.65%	0.46%
2040	112,359,802	144,624,328	-0.65%	0.43%
2041	111,622,622	145,217,780	-0.66%	0.41%
2042	110,891,223	145,777,459	-0.66%	0.39%
2043	110,169,955	146,300,011	-0.65%	0.36%
2044	109,455,823	146,787,722	-0.65%	0.33%
2045	108,747,012	147,240,096	-0.65%	0.31%
2046	108,044,346	147,654,160	-0.65%	0.28%
2047	107,350,486	148,030,153	-0.64%	0.25%
2048	106,665,616	148,372,233	-0.64%	0.23%
2049	105,986,908	148,677,894	-0.64%	0.21%
2050	105,312,022	148,946,272	-0.64%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.