The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 10,569,709 people in Sweden in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 122,647,678 people compared to 10,663,864 in Sweden.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 11.5 times bigger than Sweden's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Sweden is the 93rd.
- The countries together account for 1.61% of the world: 1.48% for Japan vs 0.13% for Sweden.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +0.88% in Sweden.
- Since 2006, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (4.07% decline), while Sweden has grown from 9.08M to 10.7M (17.4% growth).
- Sweden is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 11.4M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs Sweden: live population counter
Japan
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Sweden
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
122647678
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10663864
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| Population rank | 12/197 | 93/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.48% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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15.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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5.25 minutes
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| One death every |
19.5 seconds
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5.54 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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10.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | +50,115 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +91 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +33,077 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +0.31% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 149/197 |
Japan and Sweden: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Sweden
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
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Sweden
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Japan
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Sweden
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|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 7,484,656 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 7,519,998 | 0.9% | 0.47% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 7,561,588 | 0.93% | 0.55% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 7,604,328 | 1.02% | 0.57% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 7,661,354 | 1.05% | 0.75% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 7,733,853 | 1.08% | 0.95% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 7,807,797 | 0.92% | 0.96% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 7,867,931 | 1.04% | 0.77% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 7,912,273 | 1.13% | 0.56% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 7,968,072 | 1.2% | 0.71% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 8,042,801 | 1.16% | 0.94% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 8,098,334 | 2.22% | 0.69% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 8,122,300 | 1.41% | 0.3% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 8,136,312 | 1.42% | 0.17% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 8,159,955 | 1.34% | 0.29% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 8,192,437 | 1.28% | 0.4% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 8,222,286 | 1.08% | 0.36% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 8,251,540 | 0.97% | 0.36% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 8,275,599 | 0.91% | 0.29% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 8,293,678 | 0.85% | 0.22% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 8,310,531 | 0.79% | 0.2% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 8,320,503 | 0.73% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 8,325,263 | 0.7% | 0.06% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 8,329,033 | 0.7% | 0.05% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 8,336,605 | 0.65% | 0.09% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 8,350,386 | 0.63% | 0.17% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 8,369,829 | 0.53% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 8,397,804 | 0.48% | 0.33% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 8,436,489 | 0.42% | 0.46% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 8,492,964 | 0.4% | 0.67% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 8,558,835 | 0.33% | 0.78% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 8,617,375 | 0.39% | 0.68% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 8,668,067 | 0.37% | 0.59% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 8,718,561 | 0.32% | 0.58% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 8,780,745 | 0.28% | 0.71% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 8,826,939 | 0.23% | 0.53% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 8,840,998 | 0.23% | 0.16% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 8,846,062 | 0.24% | 0.06% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 8,850,974 | 0.27% | 0.06% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 8,857,874 | 0.18% | 0.08% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 8,872,109 | 0.17% | 0.16% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 8,895,960 | 0.24% | 0.27% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 8,924,958 | 0.23% | 0.33% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 8,958,229 | 0.21% | 0.37% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 8,993,531 | 0.03% | 0.39% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 9,029,572 | 0.009% | 0.4% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 9,080,505 | 0.06% | 0.56% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 9,148,092 | 0.11% | 0.74% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 9,219,637 | 0.05% | 0.78% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 9,298,515 | -0.01% | 0.86% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 9,378,126 | 0.02% | 0.86% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 9,449,213 | -0.19% | 0.76% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 9,519,374 | -0.16% | 0.74% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 9,600,379 | -0.14% | 0.85% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 9,696,110 | -0.13% | 1% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 9,799,186 | -0.11% | 1.06% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 9,923,085 | -0.05% | 1.26% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 10,057,698 | -0.08% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 10,175,214 | -0.13% | 1.17% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 10,278,887 | -0.14% | 1.02% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 10,353,442 | -0.29% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 10,415,811 | -0.46% | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 10,486,941 | -0.44% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 10,536,632 | -0.49% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 10,569,709 | -0.43% | 0.31% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 10,619,177 | -0.52% | 0.47% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 10,663,427 | -0.55% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 10,703,497 | -0.57% | 0.38% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 10,740,420 | -0.58% | 0.34% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 10,773,692 | -0.59% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 10,803,699 | -0.6% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 10,830,583 | -0.61% | 0.25% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 10,855,855 | -0.62% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 10,880,544 | -0.63% | 0.23% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 10,903,924 | -0.64% | 0.21% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 10,926,433 | -0.64% | 0.21% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 10,949,062 | -0.65% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 10,971,259 | -0.65% | 0.2% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 10,993,203 | -0.65% | 0.2% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 11,015,926 | -0.65% | 0.21% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 11,039,663 | -0.65% | 0.22% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 11,063,604 | -0.66% | 0.22% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 11,088,299 | -0.66% | 0.22% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 11,113,927 | -0.65% | 0.23% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 11,139,125 | -0.65% | 0.23% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 11,163,492 | -0.65% | 0.22% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 11,186,803 | -0.65% | 0.21% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 11,209,183 | -0.64% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 11,230,526 | -0.64% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 11,250,663 | -0.64% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 11,269,877 | -0.64% | 0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.
Biggest cities by population
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Tokyo | 14.3M |
| Yokohama | 3.76M |
| Osaka | 2.75M |
| Nagoya | 2.33M |
| Sapporo | 1.96M |
| Fukuoka | 1.6M |
| Kawasaki | 1.54M |
| Kobe | 1.52M |
| Kyoto | 1.46M |
| Saitama | 1.33M |
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Sweden
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Stockholm | 985K |
| Gothenburg | 675K |
| Malmo | 339K |
| Uppsala | 175K |
| Norrkoping | 98.2K |
| Umea | 94.2K |
| Solna | 85.8K |
| Sodertalje | 78.4K |
| Sollentuna | 77.7K |
| Halmstad | 73K |
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Population differences between Japan and Sweden
|
Japan
|
Sweden
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85.1 years | 83.7 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 41.9 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 41.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 67.2 ppl/mi² |
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