The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 179,744 people in Saint Lucia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 122,647,678 people compared to 180,492 in Saint Lucia.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 680 times bigger than Saint Lucia's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Saint Lucia is the 178th.
- The countries together account for 1.48% of the world: 1.48% for Japan vs 0.002% for Saint Lucia.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +0.33% in Saint Lucia.
- Since 2006, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (4.07% decline), while Saint Lucia has grown from 167K to 180K (8.31% growth).
- Saint Lucia is projected to reach its peak in 2032 at 181K people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs Saint Lucia: live population counter
Japan
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Saint Lucia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
122647678
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180492
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| Population rank | 12/197 | 178/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.48% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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19.1 hours
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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4.34 hours
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| One death every |
19.5 seconds
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5.67 hours
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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1.86 months
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | -7 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +1 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +459 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +0.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 154/197 |
Japan and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Saint Lucia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
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Saint Lucia
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Japan
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Saint Lucia
|
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| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 92,585 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 93,490 | 0.9% | 0.98% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 94,505 | 0.93% | 1.09% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 95,519 | 1.02% | 1.07% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 96,505 | 1.05% | 1.03% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 97,493 | 1.08% | 1.02% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 98,463 | 0.92% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 99,504 | 1.04% | 1.06% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 100,675 | 1.13% | 1.18% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 101,879 | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 103,165 | 1.16% | 1.26% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 104,564 | 2.22% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 106,002 | 1.41% | 1.38% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 107,498 | 1.42% | 1.41% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 109,076 | 1.34% | 1.47% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 110,725 | 1.28% | 1.51% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 112,425 | 1.08% | 1.54% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 114,135 | 0.97% | 1.52% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 115,834 | 0.91% | 1.49% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 117,528 | 0.85% | 1.46% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 119,290 | 0.79% | 1.5% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 121,166 | 0.73% | 1.57% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 123,087 | 0.7% | 1.59% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 125,044 | 0.7% | 1.59% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 127,067 | 0.65% | 1.62% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 129,159 | 0.63% | 1.65% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 131,239 | 0.53% | 1.61% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 133,227 | 0.48% | 1.51% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 135,000 | 0.42% | 1.33% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 136,512 | 0.4% | 1.12% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 137,857 | 0.33% | 0.99% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 139,520 | 0.39% | 1.21% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 141,617 | 0.37% | 1.5% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 143,726 | 0.32% | 1.49% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 145,890 | 0.28% | 1.51% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 148,208 | 0.23% | 1.59% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 150,436 | 0.23% | 1.5% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 152,569 | 0.24% | 1.42% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 154,677 | 0.27% | 1.38% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 156,702 | 0.18% | 1.31% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 158,616 | 0.17% | 1.22% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 160,237 | 0.24% | 1.02% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 161,641 | 0.23% | 0.88% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 162,976 | 0.21% | 0.83% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 164,239 | 0.03% | 0.77% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 165,450 | 0.009% | 0.74% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 166,639 | 0.06% | 0.72% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 167,758 | 0.11% | 0.67% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 168,808 | 0.05% | 0.63% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 169,869 | -0.01% | 0.63% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 170,906 | 0.02% | 0.61% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 171,801 | -0.19% | 0.52% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 172,587 | -0.16% | 0.46% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 173,369 | -0.14% | 0.45% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 174,138 | -0.13% | 0.44% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 174,905 | -0.11% | 0.44% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 175,646 | -0.05% | 0.42% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 176,342 | -0.08% | 0.4% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 177,017 | -0.13% | 0.38% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 177,661 | -0.14% | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 178,250 | -0.29% | 0.33% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 178,522 | -0.46% | 0.15% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 178,781 | -0.44% | 0.15% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 179,285 | -0.49% | 0.28% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 179,744 | -0.43% | 0.26% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 180,148 | -0.52% | 0.23% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 180,489 | -0.55% | 0.19% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 180,771 | -0.57% | 0.16% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 181,003 | -0.58% | 0.13% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 181,198 | -0.59% | 0.11% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 181,360 | -0.6% | 0.09% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 181,463 | -0.61% | 0.06% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 181,495 | -0.62% | 0.02% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 181,458 | -0.63% | -0.02% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 181,354 | -0.64% | -0.06% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 181,177 | -0.64% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 180,948 | -0.65% | -0.13% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 180,636 | -0.65% | -0.17% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 180,230 | -0.65% | -0.22% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 179,781 | -0.65% | -0.25% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 179,296 | -0.65% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 178,760 | -0.66% | -0.3% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 178,187 | -0.66% | -0.32% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 177,593 | -0.65% | -0.33% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 176,937 | -0.65% | -0.37% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 176,243 | -0.65% | -0.39% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 175,520 | -0.65% | -0.41% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 174,726 | -0.64% | -0.45% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 173,877 | -0.64% | -0.49% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 172,991 | -0.64% | -0.51% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 172,081 | -0.64% | -0.53% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while Saint Lucia gained 9,007 people (a 5.41% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 4,846 (a 2.76% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2006 and ranked 178th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Japan's population will shrink by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people with a rank change from 12th to 17th. The population of Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.66% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.
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Population differences between Japan and Saint Lucia
|
Japan
|
Saint Lucia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85.1 years | 73.2 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 36.5 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 35.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 763 ppl/mi² |
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