Population in Japan compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Japan and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Sri Lanka	Japan	Sri Lanka
1960	93,216,000	9,661,389	-	-
1961	94,055,000	9,899,372	0.9%	2.46%
1962	94,933,000	10,143,754	0.93%	2.47%
1963	95,900,000	10,395,040	1.02%	2.48%
1964	96,903,000	10,653,397	1.05%	2.49%
1965	97,952,000	10,916,965	1.08%	2.47%
1966	98,851,000	11,183,928	0.92%	2.45%
1967	99,879,000	11,457,328	1.04%	2.44%
1968	101,011,000	11,736,088	1.13%	2.43%
1969	102,219,000	12,013,858	1.2%	2.37%
1970	103,403,000	12,287,110	1.16%	2.27%
1971	105,697,000	12,551,910	2.22%	2.16%
1972	107,188,000	12,809,205	1.41%	2.05%
1973	108,707,000	13,060,916	1.42%	1.97%
1974	110,162,000	13,305,693	1.34%	1.87%
1975	111,573,000	13,548,984	1.28%	1.83%
1976	112,775,000	13,796,770	1.08%	1.83%
1977	113,872,000	14,049,371	0.97%	1.83%
1978	114,913,000	14,310,128	0.91%	1.86%
1979	115,890,000	14,579,614	0.85%	1.88%
1980	116,807,000	14,847,974	0.79%	1.84%
1981	117,661,000	15,099,414	0.73%	1.69%
1982	118,480,000	15,286,567	0.7%	1.24%
1983	119,307,000	15,388,794	0.7%	0.67%
1984	120,083,000	15,441,860	0.65%	0.34%
1985	120,837,000	15,544,154	0.63%	0.66%
1986	121,482,000	15,731,256	0.53%	1.2%
1987	122,069,000	15,916,576	0.48%	1.18%
1988	122,578,000	16,078,621	0.42%	1.02%
1989	123,069,000	16,248,557	0.4%	1.06%
1990	123,478,000	16,352,458	0.33%	0.64%
1991	123,964,000	16,475,354	0.39%	0.75%
1992	124,425,000	16,739,284	0.37%	1.6%
1993	124,829,000	17,025,918	0.32%	1.71%
1994	125,178,000	17,275,773	0.28%	1.47%
1995	125,472,000	17,564,068	0.23%	1.67%
1996	125,757,000	17,905,018	0.23%	1.94%
1997	126,057,000	18,248,200	0.24%	1.92%
1998	126,400,000	18,596,003	0.27%	1.91%
1999	126,631,000	18,944,731	0.18%	1.88%
2000	126,843,000	19,293,054	0.17%	1.84%
2001	127,149,000	19,600,362	0.24%	1.59%
2002	127,445,000	19,805,752	0.23%	1.05%
2003	127,718,000	19,951,521	0.21%	0.74%
2004	127,761,000	20,087,605	0.03%	0.68%
2005	127,773,000	20,216,524	0.009%	0.64%
2006	127,854,000	20,352,411	0.06%	0.67%
2007	128,001,000	20,492,545	0.11%	0.69%
2008	128,063,000	20,629,378	0.05%	0.67%
2009	128,047,000	20,756,435	-0.01%	0.62%
2010	128,070,000	20,879,089	0.02%	0.59%
2011	127,833,000	21,009,048	-0.19%	0.62%
2012	127,629,000	21,169,458	-0.16%	0.76%
2013	127,445,000	20,585,000	-0.14%	-2.76%
2014	127,276,000	20,778,000	-0.13%	0.94%
2015	127,141,000	20,970,000	-0.11%	0.92%
2016	127,076,000	21,209,000	-0.05%	1.14%
2017	126,972,000	21,453,000	-0.08%	1.15%
2018	126,811,000	21,670,000	-0.13%	1.01%
2019	126,633,000	21,803,000	-0.14%	0.61%
2020	126,261,000	21,919,000	-0.29%	0.53%
2021	125,681,593	22,156,000	-0.46%	1.08%
2022	125,124,989	22,181,000	-0.44%	0.11%
2023	124,516,650	22,037,000	-0.49%	-0.65%
2024	123,975,371	21,916,000	-0.43%	-0.55%
2025	123,324,642	22,035,440	-0.52%	0.54%
2026	122,647,678	22,148,172	-0.55%	0.51%
2027	121,951,038	22,255,601	-0.57%	0.49%
2028	121,241,776	22,357,682	-0.58%	0.46%
2029	120,524,230	22,453,922	-0.59%	0.43%
2030	119,798,959	22,546,245	-0.6%	0.41%
2031	119,065,610	22,635,106	-0.61%	0.39%
2032	118,326,333	22,720,118	-0.62%	0.38%
2033	117,583,337	22,802,043	-0.63%	0.36%
2034	116,836,274	22,879,527	-0.64%	0.34%
2035	116,084,328	22,952,739	-0.64%	0.32%
2036	115,332,395	23,022,027	-0.65%	0.3%
2037	114,582,890	23,088,877	-0.65%	0.29%
2038	113,837,760	23,152,480	-0.65%	0.28%
2039	113,097,352	23,211,633	-0.65%	0.26%
2040	112,359,802	23,265,986	-0.65%	0.23%
2041	111,622,622	23,315,260	-0.66%	0.21%
2042	110,891,223	23,359,578	-0.66%	0.19%
2043	110,169,955	23,398,752	-0.65%	0.17%
2044	109,455,823	23,433,096	-0.65%	0.15%
2045	108,747,012	23,464,943	-0.65%	0.14%
2046	108,044,346	23,492,738	-0.65%	0.12%
2047	107,350,486	23,512,629	-0.64%	0.08%
2048	106,665,616	23,525,953	-0.64%	0.06%
2049	105,986,908	23,533,940	-0.64%	0.03%
2050	105,312,022	23,538,230	-0.64%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.