The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 5,289,152 people in Palestine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 5,459,557 in Palestine.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 22.6 times bigger than Palestine's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Palestine is the 122nd.
- The countries together account for 1.56% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.07% for Palestine.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +2.4% in Palestine.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while Palestine has grown from 3.32M to 5.46M (64.4% growth).
- Palestine is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 11.1M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs Palestine: live population counter
Japan
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Palestine
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
|
5459557
|
| Population rank | 12/197 | 122/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
|
4.26 minutes
|
| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
|
3.76 minutes
|
| One death every |
19.5 seconds
|
14.1 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
|
22.7 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | +153,357 | -23,145 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +338 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +123,377 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +2.39% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 36/197 |
Japan and Palestine: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Palestine
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
|
Palestine
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Japan
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Palestine
|
|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | - | 0.9% | - |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | - | 0.93% | - |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | - | 1.02% | - |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | - | 1.05% | - |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | - | 1.08% | - |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | - | 0.92% | - |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | - | 1.04% | - |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | - | 1.13% | - |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | - | 1.2% | - |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | - | 1.16% | - |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | - | 2.22% | - |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | - | 1.41% | - |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | - | 1.42% | - |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | - | 1.34% | - |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | - | 1.28% | - |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | - | 1.08% | - |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | - | 0.97% | - |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | - | 0.91% | - |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | - | 0.85% | - |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | - | 0.79% | - |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | - | 0.73% | - |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | - | 0.7% | - |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | - | 0.7% | - |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | - | 0.65% | - |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | - | 0.63% | - |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | - | 0.53% | - |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | - | 0.48% | - |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | - | 0.42% | - |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | - | 0.4% | - |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 1,978,248 | 0.33% | - |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 2,068,845 | 0.39% | 4.58% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 2,163,591 | 0.37% | 4.58% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 2,262,676 | 0.32% | 4.58% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 2,366,298 | 0.28% | 4.58% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 2,474,666 | 0.23% | 4.58% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 2,587,997 | 0.23% | 4.58% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 2,706,518 | 0.24% | 4.58% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 2,776,568 | 0.27% | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 2,848,431 | 0.18% | 2.59% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 2,922,153 | 0.17% | 2.59% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 2,997,784 | 0.24% | 2.59% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 3,075,373 | 0.23% | 2.59% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 3,154,969 | 0.21% | 2.59% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 3,236,626 | 0.03% | 2.59% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 3,320,396 | 0.009% | 2.59% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 3,406,334 | 0.06% | 2.59% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 3,494,496 | 0.11% | 2.59% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 3,591,977 | 0.05% | 2.79% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 3,689,099 | -0.01% | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 3,786,161 | 0.02% | 2.63% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 3,882,986 | -0.19% | 2.56% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 3,979,998 | -0.16% | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 4,076,708 | -0.14% | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 4,173,398 | -0.13% | 2.37% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 4,270,092 | -0.11% | 2.32% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 4,367,088 | -0.05% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 4,454,805 | -0.08% | 2.01% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 4,569,087 | -0.13% | 2.57% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 4,685,306 | -0.14% | 2.54% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 4,803,269 | -0.29% | 2.52% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 4,922,749 | -0.46% | 2.49% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 5,043,612 | -0.44% | 2.46% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 5,165,775 | -0.49% | 2.42% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 5,289,152 | -0.43% | 2.39% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 5,379,801 | -0.52% | 1.71% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 5,479,090 | -0.55% | 1.85% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 5,582,345 | -0.57% | 1.88% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 5,684,855 | -0.58% | 1.84% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 5,787,948 | -0.59% | 1.81% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 5,892,492 | -0.6% | 1.81% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 5,998,645 | -0.61% | 1.8% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 6,106,047 | -0.62% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 6,215,922 | -0.63% | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 6,327,947 | -0.64% | 1.8% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 6,441,493 | -0.64% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 6,555,481 | -0.65% | 1.77% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 6,669,212 | -0.65% | 1.73% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 6,783,431 | -0.65% | 1.71% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 6,899,866 | -0.65% | 1.72% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 7,018,099 | -0.65% | 1.71% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 7,135,825 | -0.66% | 1.68% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 7,253,328 | -0.66% | 1.65% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 7,369,647 | -0.65% | 1.6% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 7,484,632 | -0.65% | 1.56% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 7,598,729 | -0.65% | 1.52% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 7,710,259 | -0.65% | 1.47% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 7,818,786 | -0.64% | 1.41% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 7,925,101 | -0.64% | 1.36% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 8,029,929 | -0.64% | 1.32% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 8,134,618 | -0.64% | 1.3% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Palestine gained 949,696 people (a 28.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Palestine's population increased by 1,189,465 (a 27.9% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Palestine was ranked 127th in 2005 and ranked 122nd 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 Palestine will increase by 49% to 8,134,618 people and rank change from 122nd to 112th.
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Population differences between Japan and Palestine
|
Japan
|
Palestine
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 73.1 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 25 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 20.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 3.31 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 2,274 ppl/mi² |
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