Population in Japan compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Japan and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	New Zealand	Japan	New Zealand
1960	93,216,000	2,371,800	-	-
1961	94,055,000	2,419,700	0.9%	2.02%
1962	94,933,000	2,482,000	0.93%	2.57%
1963	95,900,000	2,531,800	1.02%	2.01%
1964	96,903,000	2,585,400	1.05%	2.12%
1965	97,952,000	2,628,400	1.08%	1.66%
1966	98,851,000	2,675,900	0.92%	1.81%
1967	99,879,000	2,724,100	1.04%	1.8%
1968	101,011,000	2,748,100	1.13%	0.88%
1969	102,219,000	2,772,800	1.2%	0.9%
1970	103,403,000	2,810,700	1.16%	1.37%
1971	105,697,000	2,853,000	2.22%	1.5%
1972	107,188,000	2,903,900	1.41%	1.78%
1973	108,707,000	2,961,300	1.42%	1.98%
1974	110,162,000	3,023,700	1.34%	2.11%
1975	111,573,000	3,083,100	1.28%	1.96%
1976	112,775,000	3,110,500	1.08%	0.89%
1977	113,872,000	3,120,200	0.97%	0.31%
1978	114,913,000	3,121,200	0.91%	0.03%
1979	115,890,000	3,109,000	0.85%	-0.39%
1980	116,807,000	3,112,900	0.79%	0.13%
1981	117,661,000	3,124,900	0.73%	0.39%
1982	118,480,000	3,156,100	0.7%	1%
1983	119,307,000	3,199,300	0.7%	1.37%
1984	120,083,000	3,227,100	0.65%	0.87%
1985	120,837,000	3,247,100	0.63%	0.62%
1986	121,482,000	3,246,300	0.53%	-0.02%
1987	122,069,000	3,274,400	0.48%	0.87%
1988	122,578,000	3,283,400	0.42%	0.27%
1989	123,069,000	3,299,200	0.4%	0.48%
1990	123,478,000	3,329,800	0.33%	0.93%
1991	123,964,000	3,495,100	0.39%	4.96%
1992	124,425,000	3,531,700	0.37%	1.05%
1993	124,829,000	3,572,200	0.32%	1.15%
1994	125,178,000	3,620,000	0.28%	1.34%
1995	125,472,000	3,673,400	0.23%	1.48%
1996	125,757,000	3,732,000	0.23%	1.6%
1997	126,057,000	3,781,300	0.24%	1.32%
1998	126,400,000	3,815,000	0.27%	0.89%
1999	126,631,000	3,835,100	0.18%	0.53%
2000	126,843,000	3,857,700	0.17%	0.59%
2001	127,149,000	3,880,500	0.24%	0.59%
2002	127,445,000	3,948,500	0.23%	1.75%
2003	127,718,000	4,027,200	0.21%	1.99%
2004	127,761,000	4,087,500	0.03%	1.5%
2005	127,773,000	4,133,900	0.009%	1.14%
2006	127,854,000	4,184,600	0.06%	1.23%
2007	128,001,000	4,223,800	0.11%	0.94%
2008	128,063,000	4,259,800	0.05%	0.85%
2009	128,047,000	4,302,600	-0.01%	1%
2010	128,070,000	4,350,700	0.02%	1.12%
2011	127,833,000	4,384,000	-0.19%	0.77%
2012	127,629,000	4,408,100	-0.16%	0.55%
2013	127,445,000	4,442,100	-0.14%	0.77%
2014	127,276,000	4,516,500	-0.13%	1.67%
2015	127,141,000	4,609,400	-0.11%	2.06%
2016	127,076,000	4,714,100	-0.05%	2.27%
2017	126,972,000	4,813,600	-0.08%	2.11%
2018	126,811,000	4,900,600	-0.13%	1.81%
2019	126,633,000	4,970,300	-0.14%	1.42%
2020	126,261,000	5,072,400	-0.29%	2.05%
2021	125,681,593	5,084,600	-0.46%	0.24%
2022	125,124,989	5,081,700	-0.44%	-0.06%
2023	124,516,650	5,200,000	-0.49%	2.33%
2024	123,975,371	5,287,500	-0.43%	1.68%
2025	123,324,642	5,325,989	-0.52%	0.73%
2026	122,647,678	5,362,071	-0.55%	0.68%
2027	121,951,038	5,395,933	-0.57%	0.63%
2028	121,241,776	5,427,327	-0.58%	0.58%
2029	120,524,230	5,456,502	-0.59%	0.54%
2030	119,798,959	5,483,630	-0.6%	0.5%
2031	119,065,610	5,509,118	-0.61%	0.46%
2032	118,326,333	5,533,087	-0.62%	0.44%
2033	117,583,337	5,555,912	-0.63%	0.41%
2034	116,836,274	5,577,658	-0.64%	0.39%
2035	116,084,328	5,598,481	-0.64%	0.37%
2036	115,332,395	5,618,949	-0.65%	0.37%
2037	114,582,890	5,638,796	-0.65%	0.35%
2038	113,837,760	5,658,606	-0.65%	0.35%
2039	113,097,352	5,677,983	-0.65%	0.34%
2040	112,359,802	5,696,537	-0.65%	0.33%
2041	111,622,622	5,715,286	-0.66%	0.33%
2042	110,891,223	5,733,881	-0.66%	0.33%
2043	110,169,955	5,750,997	-0.65%	0.3%
2044	109,455,823	5,766,545	-0.65%	0.27%
2045	108,747,012	5,780,970	-0.65%	0.25%
2046	108,044,346	5,794,046	-0.65%	0.23%
2047	107,350,486	5,805,663	-0.64%	0.2%
2048	106,665,616	5,816,692	-0.64%	0.19%
2049	105,986,908	5,826,512	-0.64%	0.17%
2050	105,312,022	5,836,471	-0.64%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.