The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 23,308,308 in Taiwan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 5.29 times bigger than Taiwan's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
- The countries together account for 1.77% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while Taiwan has grown from 22.7M to 23.3M (2.55% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 29% of the population in Japan and 39.5% in Taiwan.
Japan vs Taiwan: live population counter
Japan
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Taiwan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
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23308308
|
| Population rank | 12/197 | 60/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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7.75 minutes
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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3.9 minutes
|
| One death every |
19.5 seconds
|
2.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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11.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | +47,029 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +186 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +67,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +0.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 150/197 |
Japan and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Taiwan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
|
Taiwan
|
Japan
|
Taiwan
|
|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 11,030,385 | 0.9% | - |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 11,392,513 | 0.93% | 3.28% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 11,762,101 | 1.02% | 3.24% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 12,137,143 | 1.05% | 3.19% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 12,511,863 | 1.08% | 3.09% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 12,874,153 | 0.92% | 2.9% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 13,210,344 | 1.04% | 2.61% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 13,548,537 | 1.13% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 14,068,984 | 1.2% | 3.84% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 14,582,944 | 1.16% | 3.65% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 14,913,564 | 2.22% | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 15,220,495 | 1.41% | 2.06% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 15,505,121 | 1.42% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 15,784,817 | 1.34% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 16,075,128 | 1.28% | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 16,401,413 | 1.08% | 2.03% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 16,730,895 | 0.97% | 2.01% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 17,042,272 | 0.91% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 17,372,779 | 0.85% | 1.94% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 17,704,538 | 0.79% | 1.91% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 18,029,982 | 0.73% | 1.84% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 18,354,855 | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 18,653,146 | 0.7% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 18,929,866 | 0.65% | 1.48% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 19,191,510 | 0.63% | 1.38% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 19,411,454 | 0.53% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 19,617,046 | 0.48% | 1.06% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 19,839,704 | 0.42% | 1.14% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 20,055,492 | 0.4% | 1.09% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 20,278,946 | 0.33% | 1.11% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 20,503,568 | 0.39% | 1.11% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 20,704,227 | 0.37% | 0.98% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 20,899,019 | 0.32% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 21,086,645 | 0.28% | 0.9% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 21,267,653 | 0.23% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 21,441,432 | 0.23% | 0.82% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 21,634,124 | 0.24% | 0.9% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 21,835,703 | 0.27% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 22,010,489 | 0.18% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 22,184,530 | 0.17% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 22,341,120 | 0.24% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 22,463,172 | 0.23% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 22,562,663 | 0.21% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 22,646,836 | 0.03% | 0.37% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 22,729,753 | 0.009% | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 22,823,455 | 0.06% | 0.41% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 22,917,444 | 0.11% | 0.41% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 22,997,696 | 0.05% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 23,078,402 | -0.01% | 0.35% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 23,140,948 | 0.02% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 23,193,518 | -0.19% | 0.23% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 23,270,367 | -0.16% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 23,344,670 | -0.14% | 0.32% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 23,403,635 | -0.13% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 23,462,914 | -0.11% | 0.25% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 23,515,945 | -0.05% | 0.23% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 23,555,522 | -0.08% | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 23,580,080 | -0.13% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 23,596,027 | -0.14% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 23,582,179 | -0.29% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 23,468,275 | -0.46% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 23,319,977 | -0.44% | -0.63% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 23,342,541 | -0.49% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 23,410,331 | -0.43% | 0.29% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 23,308,308 | -0.52% | -0.44% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 23,205,944 | -0.55% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 23,102,120 | -0.57% | -0.45% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 22,996,693 | -0.58% | -0.46% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 22,890,335 | -0.59% | -0.46% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 22,781,040 | -0.6% | -0.48% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 22,667,327 | -0.61% | -0.5% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 22,549,689 | -0.62% | -0.52% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 22,428,721 | -0.63% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 22,302,402 | -0.64% | -0.56% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 22,170,689 | -0.64% | -0.59% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 22,034,775 | -0.65% | -0.61% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 21,893,029 | -0.65% | -0.64% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 21,746,001 | -0.65% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 21,594,236 | -0.65% | -0.7% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 21,436,947 | -0.65% | -0.73% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 21,274,187 | -0.66% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 21,105,682 | -0.66% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 20,932,105 | -0.65% | -0.82% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 20,754,623 | -0.65% | -0.85% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 20,571,741 | -0.65% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 20,384,903 | -0.65% | -0.91% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 20,194,425 | -0.64% | -0.93% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 19,999,753 | -0.64% | -0.96% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 19,801,293 | -0.64% | -0.99% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 19,598,997 | -0.64% | -1.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.
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Population differences between Japan and Taiwan
|
Japan
|
Taiwan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 80.9 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 0.89 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
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