The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 1,792,179 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 1,783,115 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 69.2 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while North Macedonia is the 150th.
- The countries together account for 1.51% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.02% for North Macedonia.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs -0.64% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while North Macedonia has declined from 2.01M to 1.78M (11.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 29% of the population in Japan and 36.1% in North Macedonia.
Japan vs North Macedonia: live population counter
Japan
|
North Macedonia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
|
1783115
|
| Population rank | 12/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
|
14.7 minutes
|
| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
|
31.3 minutes
|
| One death every |
19.5 seconds
|
26.1 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
|
1.53 hours
|
| Annual migration change | +153,357 | -5,728 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | -98 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | -35,637 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | -1.95% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 195/197 |
Japan and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
North Macedonia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Japan
|
North Macedonia
|
Japan
|
North Macedonia
|
|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 1,435,059 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 1,455,171 | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 1,471,745 | 0.93% | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 1,488,737 | 1.02% | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 1,510,900 | 1.05% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 1,533,466 | 1.08% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 1,557,349 | 0.92% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 1,582,492 | 1.04% | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 1,608,930 | 1.13% | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 1,636,345 | 1.2% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 1,664,208 | 1.16% | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 1,691,216 | 2.22% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 1,717,395 | 1.41% | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 1,743,816 | 1.42% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 1,770,545 | 1.34% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 1,797,972 | 1.28% | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 1,825,830 | 1.08% | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 1,853,138 | 0.97% | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 1,879,847 | 0.91% | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 1,906,523 | 0.85% | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 1,933,038 | 0.79% | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 1,959,065 | 0.73% | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 1,978,956 | 0.7% | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 1,991,901 | 0.7% | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 2,003,399 | 0.65% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 2,014,331 | 0.63% | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 2,024,732 | 0.53% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 2,035,157 | 0.48% | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 2,045,737 | 0.42% | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 2,055,649 | 0.4% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 2,063,689 | 0.33% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 2,055,994 | 0.39% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 2,032,523 | 0.37% | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 2,006,854 | 0.32% | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 1,992,666 | 0.28% | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 1,998,534 | 0.23% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 2,012,553 | 0.23% | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 1,996,869 | 0.24% | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 2,007,523 | 0.27% | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 2,017,142 | 0.18% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 2,026,350 | 0.17% | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 2,034,882 | 0.24% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 2,020,157 | 0.23% | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 2,022,725 | 0.21% | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 2,016,186 | 0.03% | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 2,005,330 | 0.009% | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 1,994,287 | 0.06% | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 1,982,933 | 0.11% | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 1,971,493 | 0.05% | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 1,958,782 | -0.01% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 1,946,298 | 0.02% | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 1,937,398 | -0.19% | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 1,929,821 | -0.16% | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 1,922,716 | -0.14% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 1,917,557 | -0.13% | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 1,912,430 | -0.11% | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 1,906,313 | -0.05% | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 1,898,657 | -0.08% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 1,889,051 | -0.13% | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 1,876,262 | -0.14% | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 1,856,124 | -0.29% | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 1,837,114 | -0.46% | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 1,831,712 | -0.44% | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 1,827,816 | -0.49% | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 1,792,179 | -0.43% | -1.95% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 1,783,115 | -0.52% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 1,773,550 | -0.55% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 1,763,753 | -0.57% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 1,753,839 | -0.58% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 1,743,553 | -0.59% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 1,732,679 | -0.6% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 1,721,421 | -0.61% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 1,710,089 | -0.62% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 1,698,723 | -0.63% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 1,687,185 | -0.64% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 1,675,373 | -0.64% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 1,663,329 | -0.65% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 1,651,095 | -0.65% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 1,638,881 | -0.65% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 1,626,617 | -0.65% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 1,614,140 | -0.65% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 1,601,579 | -0.66% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 1,588,898 | -0.66% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 1,576,060 | -0.65% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 1,563,352 | -0.65% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 1,550,675 | -0.65% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 1,537,866 | -0.65% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 1,525,180 | -0.64% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 1,512,637 | -0.64% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 1,499,950 | -0.64% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 1,487,102 | -0.64% | -0.86% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while North Macedonia lost 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -129,315 (a 6.76% decline).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. North Macedonia was ranked 141st in 2005 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.6% to 1,487,102 people and rank change from 150th to 155th.
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Population differences between Japan and North Macedonia
|
Japan
|
North Macedonia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 77.7 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 41.2 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 41.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 184 ppl/mi² |
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