The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 2,402,306 people in Moldova in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 122,647,678 people compared to 2,343,963 in Moldova.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 52.3 times bigger than Moldova's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Moldova is the 144th.
- The countries together account for 1.51% of the world: 1.48% for Japan vs 0.03% for Moldova.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs -1.57% in Moldova.
- Since 2006, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (4.07% decline), while Moldova has declined from 2.88M to 2.34M (18.6% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 29.1% of the population in Japan and 38.4% in Moldova.
Japan vs Moldova: live population counter
Japan
|
Moldova
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
122647678
|
2343963
|
| Population rank | 12/197 | 144/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.48% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
|
9.47 minutes
|
| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
|
19.9 minutes
|
| One death every |
19.5 seconds
|
15.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
|
19.4 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | +153,357 | -27,088 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | -152 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | -55,477 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | -2.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 196/197 |
Japan and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Moldova
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
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Moldova
|
Japan
|
Moldova
|
|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 2,058,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 2,103,327 | 0.9% | 2.2% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 2,147,227 | 0.93% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 2,188,895 | 1.02% | 1.94% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 2,228,000 | 1.05% | 1.79% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 2,265,287 | 1.08% | 1.67% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 2,301,871 | 0.92% | 1.61% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 2,337,695 | 1.04% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 2,373,073 | 1.13% | 1.51% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 2,408,469 | 1.2% | 1.49% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 2,437,590 | 1.16% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 2,460,611 | 2.22% | 0.94% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 2,484,742 | 1.41% | 0.98% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 2,510,584 | 1.42% | 1.04% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 2,538,164 | 1.34% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 2,566,998 | 1.28% | 1.14% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 2,596,491 | 1.08% | 1.15% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 2,626,298 | 0.97% | 1.15% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 2,656,211 | 0.91% | 1.14% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 2,683,035 | 0.85% | 1.01% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 2,708,675 | 0.79% | 0.96% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 2,735,987 | 0.73% | 1.01% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 2,763,101 | 0.7% | 0.99% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 2,791,207 | 0.7% | 1.02% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 2,820,518 | 0.65% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 2,850,787 | 0.63% | 1.07% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 2,883,057 | 0.53% | 1.13% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 2,916,306 | 0.48% | 1.15% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 2,948,891 | 0.42% | 1.12% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 2,970,039 | 0.4% | 0.72% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 2,977,912 | 0.33% | 0.27% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 2,981,566 | 0.39% | 0.12% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 2,980,965 | 0.37% | -0.02% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 2,975,966 | 0.32% | -0.17% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 2,966,745 | 0.28% | -0.31% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 2,953,200 | 0.23% | -0.46% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 2,947,293 | 0.23% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 2,936,413 | 0.24% | -0.37% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 2,935,227 | 0.27% | -0.04% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 2,930,622 | 0.18% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 2,924,668 | 0.17% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 2,918,135 | 0.24% | -0.22% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 2,911,385 | 0.23% | -0.23% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 2,903,198 | 0.21% | -0.28% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 2,896,023 | 0.03% | -0.25% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 2,888,985 | 0.009% | -0.24% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 2,880,967 | 0.06% | -0.28% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 2,874,299 | 0.11% | -0.23% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 2,868,833 | 0.05% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 2,865,213 | -0.01% | -0.13% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 2,862,354 | 0.02% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 2,860,699 | -0.19% | -0.06% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 2,860,324 | -0.16% | -0.01% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 2,859,558 | -0.14% | -0.03% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 2,857,815 | -0.13% | -0.06% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 2,835,978 | -0.11% | -0.76% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 2,803,186 | -0.05% | -1.16% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 2,755,189 | -0.08% | -1.71% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 2,707,203 | -0.13% | -1.74% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 2,664,224 | -0.14% | -1.59% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 2,635,130 | -0.29% | -1.09% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 2,595,809 | -0.46% | -1.49% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 2,528,654 | -0.44% | -2.59% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 2,457,783 | -0.49% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 2,402,306 | -0.43% | -2.26% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 2,371,543 | -0.52% | -1.28% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 2,343,963 | -0.55% | -1.16% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 2,321,110 | -0.57% | -0.97% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 2,298,239 | -0.58% | -0.99% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 2,275,251 | -0.59% | -1% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 2,252,131 | -0.6% | -1.02% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 2,229,191 | -0.61% | -1.02% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 2,206,559 | -0.62% | -1.02% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 2,183,929 | -0.63% | -1.03% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 2,161,282 | -0.64% | -1.04% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 2,138,754 | -0.64% | -1.04% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 2,116,659 | -0.65% | -1.03% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 2,095,127 | -0.65% | -1.02% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 2,074,054 | -0.65% | -1.01% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 2,053,352 | -0.65% | -1% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 2,033,323 | -0.65% | -0.98% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 2,014,222 | -0.66% | -0.94% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 1,995,750 | -0.66% | -0.92% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 1,977,688 | -0.65% | -0.9% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 1,960,241 | -0.65% | -0.88% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 1,943,187 | -0.65% | -0.87% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 1,926,432 | -0.65% | -0.86% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 1,910,142 | -0.64% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 1,894,069 | -0.64% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 1,877,822 | -0.64% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 1,861,554 | -0.64% | -0.87% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.
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Population differences between Japan and Moldova
|
Japan
|
Moldova
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85.1 years | 71.6 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 39.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 46:54 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 188.9 ppl/mi² |
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