Population in Japan compared to Thailand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Japan and Thailand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Thailand	Japan	Thailand
1960	93,216,000	26,851,747	-	-
1961	94,055,000	27,650,334	0.9%	2.97%
1962	94,933,000	28,481,040	0.93%	3%
1963	95,900,000	29,342,322	1.02%	3.02%
1964	96,903,000	30,232,141	1.05%	3.03%
1965	97,952,000	31,149,337	1.08%	3.03%
1966	98,851,000	32,086,071	0.92%	3.01%
1967	99,879,000	33,037,801	1.04%	2.97%
1968	101,011,000	34,002,560	1.13%	2.92%
1969	102,219,000	34,973,782	1.2%	2.86%
1970	103,403,000	35,954,408	1.16%	2.8%
1971	105,697,000	36,937,387	2.22%	2.73%
1972	107,188,000	37,933,929	1.41%	2.7%
1973	108,707,000	38,947,787	1.42%	2.67%
1974	110,162,000	39,952,891	1.34%	2.58%
1975	111,573,000	40,940,005	1.28%	2.47%
1976	112,775,000	41,896,504	1.08%	2.34%
1977	113,872,000	42,843,974	0.97%	2.26%
1978	114,913,000	43,788,976	0.91%	2.21%
1979	115,890,000	44,718,434	0.85%	2.12%
1980	116,807,000	45,650,022	0.79%	2.08%
1981	117,661,000	46,575,855	0.73%	2.03%
1982	118,480,000	47,494,577	0.7%	1.97%
1983	119,307,000	48,423,309	0.7%	1.96%
1984	120,083,000	49,351,708	0.65%	1.92%
1985	120,837,000	50,270,753	0.63%	1.86%
1986	121,482,000	51,177,834	0.53%	1.8%
1987	122,069,000	52,074,105	0.48%	1.75%
1988	122,578,000	52,969,595	0.42%	1.72%
1989	123,069,000	53,848,956	0.4%	1.66%
1990	123,478,000	54,738,329	0.33%	1.65%
1991	123,964,000	55,637,434	0.39%	1.64%
1992	124,425,000	56,528,834	0.37%	1.6%
1993	124,829,000	57,408,198	0.32%	1.56%
1994	125,178,000	58,260,854	0.28%	1.49%
1995	125,472,000	59,098,232	0.23%	1.44%
1996	125,757,000	59,920,064	0.23%	1.39%
1997	126,057,000	60,724,584	0.24%	1.34%
1998	126,400,000	61,522,630	0.27%	1.31%
1999	126,631,000	62,299,043	0.18%	1.26%
2000	126,843,000	63,007,815	0.17%	1.14%
2001	127,149,000	63,651,141	0.24%	1.02%
2002	127,445,000	64,266,437	0.23%	0.97%
2003	127,718,000	64,868,166	0.21%	0.94%
2004	127,761,000	65,452,047	0.03%	0.9%
2005	127,773,000	66,017,420	0.009%	0.86%
2006	127,854,000	66,567,687	0.06%	0.83%
2007	128,001,000	67,102,394	0.11%	0.8%
2008	128,063,000	67,619,830	0.05%	0.77%
2009	128,047,000	68,121,080	-0.01%	0.74%
2010	128,070,000	68,579,447	0.02%	0.67%
2011	127,833,000	69,007,208	-0.19%	0.62%
2012	127,629,000	69,436,098	-0.16%	0.62%
2013	127,445,000	69,845,114	-0.14%	0.59%
2014	127,276,000	70,216,367	-0.13%	0.53%
2015	127,141,000	70,540,795	-0.11%	0.46%
2016	127,076,000	70,859,841	-0.05%	0.45%
2017	126,972,000	71,160,187	-0.08%	0.42%
2018	126,811,000	71,376,079	-0.13%	0.3%
2019	126,633,000	71,522,271	-0.14%	0.2%
2020	126,261,000	71,641,484	-0.29%	0.17%
2021	125,681,593	71,727,332	-0.46%	0.12%
2022	125,124,989	71,735,329	-0.44%	0.01%
2023	124,516,650	71,702,435	-0.49%	-0.05%
2024	123,975,371	71,668,011	-0.43%	-0.05%
2025	123,324,642	71,619,867	-0.52%	-0.07%
2026	122,647,678	71,559,621	-0.55%	-0.08%
2027	121,951,038	71,488,156	-0.57%	-0.1%
2028	121,241,776	71,406,996	-0.58%	-0.11%
2029	120,524,230	71,316,195	-0.59%	-0.13%
2030	119,798,959	71,215,017	-0.6%	-0.14%
2031	119,065,610	71,104,025	-0.61%	-0.16%
2032	118,326,333	70,982,286	-0.62%	-0.17%
2033	117,583,337	70,847,947	-0.63%	-0.19%
2034	116,836,274	70,701,651	-0.64%	-0.21%
2035	116,084,328	70,540,884	-0.64%	-0.23%
2036	115,332,395	70,366,496	-0.65%	-0.25%
2037	114,582,890	70,180,031	-0.65%	-0.26%
2038	113,837,760	69,979,034	-0.65%	-0.29%
2039	113,097,352	69,763,928	-0.65%	-0.31%
2040	112,359,802	69,535,003	-0.65%	-0.33%
2041	111,622,622	69,288,477	-0.66%	-0.35%
2042	110,891,223	69,025,348	-0.66%	-0.38%
2043	110,169,955	68,748,075	-0.65%	-0.4%
2044	109,455,823	68,456,533	-0.65%	-0.42%
2045	108,747,012	68,150,148	-0.65%	-0.45%
2046	108,044,346	67,827,309	-0.65%	-0.47%
2047	107,350,486	67,489,358	-0.64%	-0.5%
2048	106,665,616	67,136,737	-0.64%	-0.52%
2049	105,986,908	66,767,316	-0.64%	-0.55%
2050	105,312,022	66,382,732	-0.64%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.