The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 35,300,280 people in Saudi Arabia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 36,428,123 in Saudi Arabia.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 3.39 times bigger than Saudi Arabia's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Saudi Arabia is the 44th.
- The countries together account for 1.93% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.44% for Saudi Arabia.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +2.3% in Saudi Arabia.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while Saudi Arabia has grown from 20.6M to 36.4M (77.2% growth).
- Saudi Arabia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 73.8M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs Saudi Arabia: live population counter
Japan
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Saudi Arabia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
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36428123
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| Population rank | 12/197 | 44/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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19.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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57 seconds
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| One death every |
19.5 seconds
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6.66 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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4.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | +122,170 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +4,377 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +1,597,549 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +4.74% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 3/197 |
Japan and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Saudi Arabia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
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Saudi Arabia
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Japan
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Saudi Arabia
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| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 2,435,403 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 2,526,347 | 0.9% | 3.73% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 2,620,910 | 0.93% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 2,719,341 | 1.02% | 3.76% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 2,821,968 | 1.05% | 3.77% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 2,928,771 | 1.08% | 3.78% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 3,039,887 | 0.92% | 3.79% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 3,157,242 | 1.04% | 3.86% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 3,282,711 | 1.13% | 3.97% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 3,417,114 | 1.2% | 4.09% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 3,562,470 | 1.16% | 4.25% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 3,724,031 | 2.22% | 4.54% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 3,905,722 | 1.41% | 4.88% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 4,106,344 | 1.42% | 5.14% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 4,323,632 | 1.34% | 5.29% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 4,556,287 | 1.28% | 5.38% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 4,807,933 | 1.08% | 5.52% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 5,083,048 | 0.97% | 5.72% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 5,381,902 | 0.91% | 5.88% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 5,703,698 | 0.85% | 5.98% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 6,047,997 | 0.79% | 6.04% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 6,420,551 | 0.73% | 6.16% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 6,824,486 | 0.7% | 6.29% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 7,252,941 | 0.7% | 6.28% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 7,697,307 | 0.65% | 6.13% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 8,151,779 | 0.63% | 5.9% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 8,628,639 | 0.53% | 5.85% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 9,130,194 | 0.48% | 5.81% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 9,629,165 | 0.42% | 5.47% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 10,128,394 | 0.4% | 5.18% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 10,640,691 | 0.33% | 5.06% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 11,160,744 | 0.39% | 4.89% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 11,686,676 | 0.37% | 4.71% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 12,215,862 | 0.32% | 4.53% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 12,750,040 | 0.28% | 4.37% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 13,289,245 | 0.23% | 4.23% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 13,831,009 | 0.23% | 4.08% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 14,374,943 | 0.24% | 3.93% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 14,922,185 | 0.27% | 3.81% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 15,472,075 | 0.18% | 3.69% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 16,177,722 | 0.17% | 4.56% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 17,041,397 | 0.24% | 5.34% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 17,910,910 | 0.23% | 5.1% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 18,786,767 | 0.21% | 4.89% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 19,669,480 | 0.03% | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 20,559,890 | 0.009% | 4.53% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 21,459,144 | 0.06% | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 22,368,313 | 0.11% | 4.24% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 23,287,877 | 0.05% | 4.11% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 24,217,654 | -0.01% | 3.99% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 23,978,487 | 0.02% | -0.99% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 25,091,867 | -0.19% | 4.64% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 26,168,861 | -0.16% | 4.29% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 27,624,004 | -0.14% | 5.56% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 28,309,273 | -0.13% | 2.48% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 29,816,382 | -0.11% | 5.32% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 30,954,198 | -0.05% | 3.82% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 30,977,355 | -0.08% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 30,196,281 | -0.13% | -2.52% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 30,063,799 | -0.14% | -0.44% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 31,552,510 | -0.29% | 4.95% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 30,784,383 | -0.46% | -2.43% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 32,175,224 | -0.44% | 4.52% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 33,702,731 | -0.49% | 4.75% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 35,300,280 | -0.43% | 4.74% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 35,927,625 | -0.52% | 1.78% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 36,550,694 | -0.55% | 1.73% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 37,167,513 | -0.57% | 1.69% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 37,775,810 | -0.58% | 1.64% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 38,364,377 | -0.59% | 1.56% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 38,918,375 | -0.6% | 1.44% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 39,450,880 | -0.61% | 1.37% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 39,983,934 | -0.62% | 1.35% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 40,517,599 | -0.63% | 1.33% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 41,052,423 | -0.64% | 1.32% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 41,588,429 | -0.64% | 1.31% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 42,125,184 | -0.65% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 42,661,908 | -0.65% | 1.27% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 43,198,420 | -0.65% | 1.26% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 43,734,316 | -0.65% | 1.24% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 44,269,571 | -0.65% | 1.22% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 44,804,338 | -0.66% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 45,338,111 | -0.66% | 1.19% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 45,870,896 | -0.65% | 1.18% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 46,403,116 | -0.65% | 1.16% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 46,934,822 | -0.65% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 47,465,267 | -0.65% | 1.13% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 47,993,976 | -0.64% | 1.11% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 48,521,364 | -0.64% | 1.1% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 49,047,461 | -0.64% | 1.08% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 49,572,202 | -0.64% | 1.07% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.
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Population differences between Japan and Saudi Arabia
|
Japan
|
Saudi Arabia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 79.2 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 30.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 60.5:39.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 42.5 ppl/mi² |
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