The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 14,256,567 people in Rwanda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 14,826,674 in Rwanda.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 8.32 times bigger than Rwanda's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Rwanda is the 77th.
- The countries together account for 1.67% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.18% for Rwanda.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +2.31% in Rwanda.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while Rwanda has grown from 9.05M to 14.8M (63.7% growth).
- Rwanda is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 32.8M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs Rwanda: live population counter
Japan
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Rwanda
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
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14826674
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| Population rank | 12/197 | 77/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.18% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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1.74 minutes
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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1.33 minutes
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| One death every |
19.5 seconds
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6.35 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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33.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | -15,582 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +828 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +302,096 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +2.16% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 47/197 |
Japan and Rwanda: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Rwanda
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
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Rwanda
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Japan
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Rwanda
|
|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 3,022,294 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 3,106,779 | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 3,186,025 | 0.93% | 2.55% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 3,258,890 | 1.02% | 2.29% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 3,334,834 | 1.05% | 2.33% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 3,423,210 | 1.08% | 2.65% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 3,521,626 | 0.92% | 2.87% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 3,629,577 | 1.04% | 3.07% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 3,744,010 | 1.13% | 3.15% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 3,861,271 | 1.2% | 3.13% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 3,980,669 | 1.16% | 3.09% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 4,100,044 | 2.22% | 3% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 4,220,335 | 1.41% | 2.93% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 4,345,047 | 1.42% | 2.96% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 4,474,228 | 1.34% | 2.97% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 4,607,728 | 1.28% | 2.98% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 4,745,954 | 1.08% | 3% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 4,888,240 | 0.97% | 3% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 5,035,171 | 0.91% | 3.01% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 5,189,541 | 0.85% | 3.07% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 5,353,259 | 0.79% | 3.15% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 5,527,230 | 0.73% | 3.25% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 5,711,549 | 0.7% | 3.33% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 5,905,311 | 0.7% | 3.39% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 6,107,627 | 0.65% | 3.43% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 6,317,228 | 0.63% | 3.43% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 6,531,881 | 0.53% | 3.4% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 6,749,493 | 0.48% | 3.33% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 6,968,071 | 0.42% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 7,184,706 | 0.4% | 3.11% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 7,375,307 | 0.33% | 2.65% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 7,526,966 | 0.39% | 2.06% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 7,683,266 | 0.37% | 2.08% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 7,981,132 | 0.32% | 3.88% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 6,792,352 | 0.28% | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 5,674,118 | 0.23% | -16.5% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 6,708,764 | 0.23% | 18.2% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 7,755,238 | 0.24% | 15.6% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 8,081,681 | 0.27% | 4.21% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 8,147,912 | 0.18% | 0.82% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 8,213,931 | 0.17% | 0.81% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 8,287,094 | 0.24% | 0.89% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 8,400,180 | 0.23% | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 8,586,875 | 0.21% | 2.22% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 8,816,844 | 0.03% | 2.68% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 9,054,528 | 0.009% | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 9,299,246 | 0.06% | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 9,549,933 | 0.11% | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 9,804,269 | 0.05% | 2.66% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 10,060,432 | -0.01% | 2.61% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 10,317,553 | 0.02% | 2.56% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 10,573,733 | -0.19% | 2.48% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 10,829,901 | -0.16% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 11,093,340 | -0.14% | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 11,364,757 | -0.13% | 2.45% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 11,640,022 | -0.11% | 2.42% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 11,919,183 | -0.05% | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 12,202,060 | -0.08% | 2.37% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 12,487,996 | -0.13% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 12,776,103 | -0.14% | 2.31% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 13,065,837 | -0.29% | 2.27% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 13,355,260 | -0.46% | 2.22% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 13,651,030 | -0.44% | 2.21% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 13,954,471 | -0.49% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 14,256,567 | -0.43% | 2.16% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 14,569,343 | -0.52% | 2.19% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 14,889,694 | -0.55% | 2.2% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 15,214,324 | -0.57% | 2.18% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 15,536,461 | -0.58% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 15,844,649 | -0.59% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 16,154,698 | -0.6% | 1.96% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 16,473,106 | -0.61% | 1.97% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 16,771,820 | -0.62% | 1.81% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 17,073,475 | -0.63% | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 17,402,250 | -0.64% | 1.93% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 17,746,315 | -0.64% | 1.98% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 18,076,769 | -0.65% | 1.86% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 18,395,838 | -0.65% | 1.77% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 18,729,778 | -0.65% | 1.82% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 19,076,783 | -0.65% | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 19,440,762 | -0.65% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 19,806,170 | -0.66% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 20,153,979 | -0.66% | 1.76% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 20,500,826 | -0.65% | 1.72% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 20,837,079 | -0.65% | 1.64% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 21,152,650 | -0.65% | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 21,459,144 | -0.65% | 1.45% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 21,764,578 | -0.64% | 1.42% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 22,086,112 | -0.64% | 1.48% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 22,403,887 | -0.64% | 1.44% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 22,707,896 | -0.64% | 1.36% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.
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Population differences between Japan and Rwanda
|
Japan
|
Rwanda
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 68.2 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 24.9 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 20.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 3.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 1,497 ppl/mi² |
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