Population in Japan compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Japan and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Philippines	Japan	Philippines
1960	93,216,000	27,891,897	-	-
1961	94,055,000	28,792,621	0.9%	3.23%
1962	94,933,000	29,723,536	0.93%	3.23%
1963	95,900,000	30,674,731	1.02%	3.2%
1964	96,903,000	31,643,032	1.05%	3.16%
1965	97,952,000	32,625,316	1.08%	3.1%
1966	98,851,000	33,617,170	0.92%	3.04%
1967	99,879,000	34,621,320	1.04%	2.99%
1968	101,011,000	35,638,342	1.13%	2.94%
1969	102,219,000	36,660,799	1.2%	2.87%
1970	103,403,000	37,622,204	1.16%	2.62%
1971	105,697,000	38,518,659	2.22%	2.38%
1972	107,188,000	39,408,560	1.41%	2.31%
1973	108,707,000	40,294,130	1.42%	2.25%
1974	110,162,000	41,174,341	1.34%	2.18%
1975	111,573,000	42,120,826	1.28%	2.3%
1976	112,775,000	43,201,488	1.08%	2.57%
1977	113,872,000	44,367,962	0.97%	2.7%
1978	114,913,000	45,575,281	0.91%	2.72%
1979	115,890,000	46,807,103	0.85%	2.7%
1980	116,807,000	48,043,740	0.79%	2.64%
1981	117,661,000	49,311,727	0.73%	2.64%
1982	118,480,000	50,695,707	0.7%	2.81%
1983	119,307,000	52,194,620	0.7%	2.96%
1984	120,083,000	53,726,181	0.65%	2.93%
1985	120,837,000	55,213,006	0.63%	2.77%
1986	121,482,000	56,645,077	0.53%	2.59%
1987	122,069,000	58,157,496	0.48%	2.67%
1988	122,578,000	59,739,052	0.42%	2.72%
1989	123,069,000	61,265,260	0.4%	2.55%
1990	123,478,000	62,854,666	0.33%	2.59%
1991	123,964,000	64,382,249	0.39%	2.43%
1992	124,425,000	65,926,125	0.37%	2.4%
1993	124,829,000	67,530,621	0.32%	2.43%
1994	125,178,000	69,019,291	0.28%	2.2%
1995	125,472,000	70,546,246	0.23%	2.21%
1996	125,757,000	72,190,242	0.23%	2.33%
1997	126,057,000	73,908,810	0.24%	2.38%
1998	126,400,000	75,791,024	0.27%	2.55%
1999	126,631,000	77,753,257	0.18%	2.59%
2000	126,843,000	79,625,397	0.17%	2.41%
2001	127,149,000	81,401,488	0.24%	2.23%
2002	127,445,000	83,068,889	0.23%	2.05%
2003	127,718,000	84,731,835	0.21%	2%
2004	127,761,000	86,394,504	0.03%	1.96%
2005	127,773,000	88,015,962	0.009%	1.88%
2006	127,854,000	89,508,986	0.06%	1.7%
2007	128,001,000	91,075,184	0.11%	1.75%
2008	128,063,000	92,699,095	0.05%	1.78%
2009	128,047,000	94,384,250	-0.01%	1.82%
2010	128,070,000	96,337,125	0.02%	2.07%
2011	127,833,000	98,248,614	-0.19%	1.98%
2012	127,629,000	100,175,512	-0.16%	1.96%
2013	127,445,000	102,076,336	-0.14%	1.9%
2014	127,276,000	103,767,130	-0.13%	1.66%
2015	127,141,000	105,312,992	-0.11%	1.49%
2016	127,076,000	106,735,719	-0.05%	1.35%
2017	126,972,000	108,119,693	-0.08%	1.3%
2018	126,811,000	109,465,287	-0.13%	1.24%
2019	126,633,000	110,804,683	-0.14%	1.22%
2020	126,261,000	112,081,264	-0.29%	1.15%
2021	125,681,593	113,100,950	-0.46%	0.91%
2022	125,124,989	113,964,338	-0.44%	0.76%
2023	124,516,650	114,891,199	-0.49%	0.81%
2024	123,975,371	115,843,670	-0.43%	0.83%
2025	123,324,642	116,786,968	-0.52%	0.81%
2026	122,647,678	117,724,479	-0.55%	0.8%
2027	121,951,038	118,656,426	-0.57%	0.79%
2028	121,241,776	119,583,984	-0.58%	0.78%
2029	120,524,230	120,502,132	-0.59%	0.77%
2030	119,798,959	121,408,897	-0.6%	0.75%
2031	119,065,610	122,301,606	-0.61%	0.74%
2032	118,326,333	123,180,341	-0.62%	0.72%
2033	117,583,337	124,049,036	-0.63%	0.71%
2034	116,836,274	124,904,124	-0.64%	0.69%
2035	116,084,328	125,740,977	-0.64%	0.67%
2036	115,332,395	126,558,232	-0.65%	0.65%
2037	114,582,890	127,352,607	-0.65%	0.63%
2038	113,837,760	128,118,535	-0.65%	0.6%
2039	113,097,352	128,850,047	-0.65%	0.57%
2040	112,359,802	129,546,666	-0.65%	0.54%
2041	111,622,622	130,209,810	-0.66%	0.51%
2042	110,891,223	130,837,005	-0.66%	0.48%
2043	110,169,955	131,427,404	-0.65%	0.45%
2044	109,455,823	131,979,673	-0.65%	0.42%
2045	108,747,012	132,492,038	-0.65%	0.39%
2046	108,044,346	132,962,001	-0.65%	0.35%
2047	107,350,486	133,385,290	-0.64%	0.32%
2048	106,665,616	133,759,436	-0.64%	0.28%
2049	105,986,908	134,089,011	-0.64%	0.25%
2050	105,312,022	134,373,439	-0.64%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.