The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 10,940,854 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 11.3 times bigger than Tajikistan's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 1.62% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while Tajikistan has grown from 6.92M to 10.9M (58% growth).
- Tajikistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20.2M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs Tajikistan: live population counter
Japan
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Tajikistan
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
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10940854
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| Population rank | 12/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
19.5 seconds
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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24.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 57/197 |
Japan and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Tajikistan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
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Tajikistan
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Japan
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Tajikistan
|
|
| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 2,181,805 | 0.9% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 2,255,026 | 0.93% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 2,331,736 | 1.02% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 2,411,260 | 1.05% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 2,492,998 | 1.08% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 2,577,184 | 0.92% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 2,664,130 | 1.04% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 2,753,848 | 1.13% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 2,845,273 | 1.2% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 2,936,779 | 1.16% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 3,028,837 | 2.22% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 3,123,691 | 1.41% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 3,222,290 | 1.42% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 3,324,499 | 1.34% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 3,430,425 | 1.28% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 3,540,076 | 1.08% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 3,653,265 | 0.97% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 3,768,508 | 0.91% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 3,882,691 | 0.85% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 3,995,256 | 0.79% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 4,109,022 | 0.73% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 4,227,171 | 0.7% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 4,350,874 | 0.7% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 4,480,026 | 0.65% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 4,619,003 | 0.63% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 4,772,139 | 0.53% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 4,939,059 | 0.48% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 5,114,989 | 0.42% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 5,267,249 | 0.4% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 5,398,768 | 0.33% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 5,541,205 | 0.39% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 5,649,400 | 0.37% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 5,724,993 | 0.32% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 5,825,368 | 0.28% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 5,948,584 | 0.23% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 6,066,523 | 0.23% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 6,139,829 | 0.24% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 6,176,397 | 0.27% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 6,208,370 | 0.18% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 6,284,735 | 0.17% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 6,407,377 | 0.24% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 6,531,669 | 0.23% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 6,658,575 | 0.21% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 6,790,547 | 0.03% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 6,924,720 | 0.009% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 7,057,566 | 0.06% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 7,194,477 | 0.11% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 7,338,403 | 0.05% | 2% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 7,490,230 | -0.01% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 7,652,141 | 0.02% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 7,824,785 | -0.19% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 8,014,084 | -0.16% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 8,216,724 | -0.14% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 8,425,552 | -0.13% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 8,643,840 | -0.11% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 8,865,631 | -0.05% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 9,085,946 | -0.08% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 9,307,333 | -0.13% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 9,529,966 | -0.14% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 9,749,310 | -0.29% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 9,966,908 | -0.46% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 10,182,222 | -0.44% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 10,389,799 | -0.49% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 10,590,927 | -0.43% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 10,786,735 | -0.52% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 10,978,598 | -0.55% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 11,168,387 | -0.57% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 11,356,920 | -0.58% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 11,545,276 | -0.59% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 11,733,066 | -0.6% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 11,920,472 | -0.61% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 12,110,150 | -0.62% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 12,302,290 | -0.63% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 12,496,888 | -0.64% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 12,695,586 | -0.64% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 12,899,096 | -0.65% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 13,104,339 | -0.65% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 13,308,237 | -0.65% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 13,511,372 | -0.65% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 13,713,948 | -0.65% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 13,915,192 | -0.66% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 14,115,137 | -0.66% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 14,311,598 | -0.65% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 14,504,865 | -0.65% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 14,694,858 | -0.65% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 14,879,388 | -0.65% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 15,059,869 | -0.64% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 15,236,594 | -0.64% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 15,408,032 | -0.64% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 15,574,643 | -0.64% | 1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
Biggest cities by population
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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 |
|
Tajikistan
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Japan and Tajikistan
|
Japan
|
Tajikistan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 72.1 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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