The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 3.41 times bigger than Poland's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
- The countries together account for 1.93% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.44% for Poland.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 29% of the population in Japan and 33.1% in Poland.
Japan vs Poland: live population counter
Japan
|
Poland
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
|
36176920
|
| Population rank | 12/197 | 46/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
|
3.96 minutes
|
| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
|
1.94 minutes
|
| One death every |
19.5 seconds
|
1.29 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
|
2.21 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | +153,357 | -238,062 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | -363 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | -132,646 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 179/197 |
Japan and Poland: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Poland
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
|
Poland
|
Japan
|
Poland
|
|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 29,637,450 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 29,964,000 | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 30,308,500 | 0.93% | 1.15% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 30,712,000 | 1.02% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 31,139,450 | 1.05% | 1.39% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 31,444,950 | 1.08% | 0.98% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 31,681,000 | 0.92% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 31,987,155 | 1.04% | 0.97% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 32,294,655 | 1.13% | 0.96% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 32,548,300 | 1.2% | 0.79% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 32,664,300 | 1.16% | 0.36% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 32,783,500 | 2.22% | 0.36% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 33,055,650 | 1.41% | 0.83% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 33,357,200 | 1.42% | 0.91% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 33,678,899 | 1.34% | 0.96% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 34,015,199 | 1.28% | 1% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 34,356,300 | 1.08% | 1% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 34,689,050 | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 34,965,600 | 0.91% | 0.8% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 35,247,217 | 0.85% | 0.81% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 35,574,150 | 0.79% | 0.93% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 35,898,587 | 0.73% | 0.91% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 36,230,481 | 0.7% | 0.92% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 36,571,808 | 0.7% | 0.94% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 36,904,134 | 0.65% | 0.91% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 37,201,885 | 0.63% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 37,456,119 | 0.53% | 0.68% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 37,668,045 | 0.48% | 0.57% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 37,824,487 | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 37,961,529 | 0.4% | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 38,110,782 | 0.33% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 38,246,193 | 0.39% | 0.36% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 38,363,667 | 0.37% | 0.31% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 38,461,408 | 0.32% | 0.25% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 38,542,652 | 0.28% | 0.21% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 38,594,998 | 0.23% | 0.14% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 38,624,370 | 0.23% | 0.08% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 38,649,660 | 0.24% | 0.07% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 38,663,481 | 0.27% | 0.04% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 38,660,271 | 0.18% | -0.008% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 38,258,629 | 0.17% | -1.04% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 38,248,076 | 0.24% | -0.03% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 38,230,364 | 0.23% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 38,204,570 | 0.21% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 38,182,222 | 0.03% | -0.06% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 38,165,445 | 0.009% | -0.04% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 38,141,267 | 0.06% | -0.06% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 38,120,560 | 0.11% | -0.05% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 38,125,759 | 0.05% | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 38,151,603 | -0.01% | 0.07% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 38,042,794 | 0.02% | -0.29% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 38,063,255 | -0.19% | 0.05% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 38,063,164 | -0.16% | -0% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 38,040,196 | -0.14% | -0.06% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 38,011,735 | -0.13% | -0.07% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 37,986,412 | -0.11% | -0.07% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 37,970,087 | -0.05% | -0.04% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 37,974,826 | -0.08% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 37,974,750 | -0.13% | -0% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 37,965,475 | -0.14% | -0.02% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 37,515,748 | -0.29% | -1.18% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 36,981,559 | -0.46% | -1.42% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 36,821,749 | -0.44% | -0.43% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 36,687,353 | -0.49% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 36,554,707 | -0.43% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 36,176,920 | -0.52% | -1.03% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 35,894,534 | -0.55% | -0.78% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 35,753,988 | -0.57% | -0.39% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 35,605,295 | -0.58% | -0.42% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 35,447,860 | -0.59% | -0.44% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 35,283,068 | -0.6% | -0.46% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 35,111,838 | -0.61% | -0.49% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 34,934,626 | -0.62% | -0.5% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 34,753,118 | -0.63% | -0.52% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 34,567,292 | -0.64% | -0.53% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 34,377,478 | -0.64% | -0.55% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 34,183,187 | -0.65% | -0.57% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 33,984,777 | -0.65% | -0.58% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 33,782,992 | -0.65% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 33,577,269 | -0.65% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 33,368,049 | -0.65% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 33,156,329 | -0.66% | -0.63% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 32,941,367 | -0.66% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 32,722,775 | -0.65% | -0.66% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 32,501,991 | -0.65% | -0.67% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 32,278,695 | -0.65% | -0.69% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 32,052,771 | -0.65% | -0.7% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 31,824,481 | -0.64% | -0.71% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 31,593,911 | -0.64% | -0.72% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 31,360,713 | -0.64% | -0.74% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 31,124,396 | -0.64% | -0.75% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.
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Population differences between Japan and Poland
|
Japan
|
Poland
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 42.7 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 42.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 309 ppl/mi² |
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