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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Nepal	Japan	Nepal
1960	93,216,000	10,123,658	-	-
1961	94,055,000	10,318,396	0.9%	1.92%
1962	94,933,000	10,521,116	0.93%	1.96%
1963	95,900,000	10,729,818	1.02%	1.98%
1964	96,903,000	10,946,392	1.05%	2.02%
1965	97,952,000	11,173,411	1.08%	2.07%
1966	98,851,000	11,408,710	0.92%	2.11%
1967	99,879,000	11,652,716	1.04%	2.14%
1968	101,011,000	11,906,266	1.13%	2.18%
1969	102,219,000	12,167,036	1.2%	2.19%
1970	103,403,000	12,436,190	1.16%	2.21%
1971	105,697,000	12,710,061	2.22%	2.2%
1972	107,188,000	12,989,099	1.41%	2.2%
1973	108,707,000	13,275,239	1.42%	2.2%
1974	110,162,000	13,568,435	1.34%	2.21%
1975	111,573,000	13,870,695	1.28%	2.23%
1976	112,775,000	14,177,649	1.08%	2.21%
1977	113,872,000	14,499,175	0.97%	2.27%
1978	114,913,000	14,839,695	0.91%	2.35%
1979	115,890,000	15,190,590	0.85%	2.36%
1980	116,807,000	15,553,105	0.79%	2.39%
1981	117,661,000	15,922,423	0.73%	2.37%
1982	118,480,000	16,297,987	0.7%	2.36%
1983	119,307,000	16,689,119	0.7%	2.4%
1984	120,083,000	17,085,242	0.65%	2.37%
1985	120,837,000	17,477,692	0.63%	2.3%
1986	121,482,000	17,868,124	0.53%	2.23%
1987	122,069,000	18,250,505	0.48%	2.14%
1988	122,578,000	18,638,661	0.42%	2.13%
1989	123,069,000	19,057,807	0.4%	2.25%
1990	123,478,000	19,524,573	0.33%	2.45%
1991	123,964,000	20,036,500	0.39%	2.62%
1992	124,425,000	20,609,707	0.37%	2.86%
1993	124,829,000	21,180,159	0.32%	2.77%
1994	125,178,000	21,717,479	0.28%	2.54%
1995	125,472,000	22,245,439	0.23%	2.43%
1996	125,757,000	22,741,862	0.23%	2.23%
1997	126,057,000	23,219,463	0.24%	2.1%
1998	126,400,000	23,680,357	0.27%	1.98%
1999	126,631,000	24,125,199	0.18%	1.88%
2000	126,843,000	24,546,509	0.17%	1.75%
2001	127,149,000	24,946,748	0.24%	1.63%
2002	127,445,000	25,328,981	0.23%	1.53%
2003	127,718,000	25,688,758	0.21%	1.42%
2004	127,761,000	26,016,656	0.03%	1.28%
2005	127,773,000	26,309,458	0.009%	1.13%
2006	127,854,000	26,565,425	0.06%	0.97%
2007	128,001,000	26,788,492	0.11%	0.84%
2008	128,063,000	26,990,037	0.05%	0.75%
2009	128,047,000	27,173,035	-0.01%	0.68%
2010	128,070,000	27,341,952	0.02%	0.62%
2011	127,833,000	27,464,494	-0.19%	0.45%
2012	127,629,000	27,534,915	-0.16%	0.26%
2013	127,445,000	27,589,996	-0.14%	0.2%
2014	127,276,000	27,672,370	-0.13%	0.3%
2015	127,141,000	27,823,629	-0.11%	0.55%
2016	127,076,000	27,955,462	-0.05%	0.47%
2017	126,972,000	28,011,258	-0.08%	0.2%
2018	126,811,000	28,079,689	-0.13%	0.24%
2019	126,633,000	28,414,064	-0.14%	1.19%
2020	126,261,000	28,966,574	-0.29%	1.94%
2021	125,681,593	29,475,010	-0.46%	1.76%
2022	125,124,989	29,715,436	-0.44%	0.82%
2023	124,516,650	29,694,614	-0.49%	-0.07%
2024	123,975,371	29,651,054	-0.43%	-0.15%
2025	123,324,642	29,618,120	-0.52%	-0.11%
2026	122,647,678	29,629,406	-0.55%	0.04%
2027	121,951,038	29,727,164	-0.57%	0.33%
2028	121,241,776	29,947,588	-0.58%	0.74%
2029	120,524,230	30,232,115	-0.59%	0.95%
2030	119,798,959	30,509,999	-0.6%	0.92%
2031	119,065,610	30,780,916	-0.61%	0.89%
2032	118,326,333	31,045,411	-0.62%	0.86%
2033	117,583,337	31,304,035	-0.63%	0.83%
2034	116,836,274	31,555,068	-0.64%	0.8%
2035	116,084,328	31,798,003	-0.64%	0.77%
2036	115,332,395	32,033,714	-0.65%	0.74%
2037	114,582,890	32,262,286	-0.65%	0.71%
2038	113,837,760	32,484,801	-0.65%	0.69%
2039	113,097,352	32,700,695	-0.65%	0.66%
2040	112,359,802	32,909,540	-0.65%	0.64%
2041	111,622,622	33,112,254	-0.66%	0.62%
2042	110,891,223	33,309,062	-0.66%	0.59%
2043	110,169,955	33,499,440	-0.65%	0.57%
2044	109,455,823	33,683,331	-0.65%	0.55%
2045	108,747,012	33,861,058	-0.65%	0.53%
2046	108,044,346	34,032,994	-0.65%	0.51%
2047	107,350,486	34,197,261	-0.64%	0.48%
2048	106,665,616	34,352,077	-0.64%	0.45%
2049	105,986,908	34,500,201	-0.64%	0.43%
2050	105,312,022	34,642,021	-0.64%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.