The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 12,277,109 people in Tunisia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 122,647,678 people compared to 12,415,813 in Tunisia.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 9.88 times bigger than Tunisia's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Tunisia is the 81st.
- The countries together account for 1.63% of the world: 1.48% for Japan vs 0.15% for Tunisia.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +0.89% in Tunisia.
- Since 2006, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (4.07% decline), while Tunisia has grown from 10.3M to 12.4M (20% growth).
- Tunisia is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 13.1M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs Tunisia: live population counter
Japan
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Tunisia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
122647678
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12415813
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| Population rank | 12/197 | 81/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.48% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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6.85 minutes
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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3.13 minutes
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| One death every |
19.5 seconds
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7.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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34.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | -15,221 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +210 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +76,678 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 185/197 | 125/197 |
Japan and Tunisia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Tunisia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
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Tunisia
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Japan
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Tunisia
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| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 4,267,288 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 4,316,278 | 0.9% | 1.15% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 4,369,136 | 0.93% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 4,427,131 | 1.02% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 4,489,869 | 1.05% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 4,561,385 | 1.08% | 1.59% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 4,652,287 | 0.92% | 1.99% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 4,760,970 | 1.04% | 2.34% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 4,879,899 | 1.13% | 2.5% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 5,004,697 | 1.2% | 2.56% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 5,131,396 | 1.16% | 2.53% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 5,261,658 | 2.22% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 5,396,557 | 1.41% | 2.56% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 5,537,242 | 1.42% | 2.61% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 5,684,674 | 1.34% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 5,839,262 | 1.28% | 2.72% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 5,996,994 | 1.08% | 2.7% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 6,155,931 | 0.97% | 2.65% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 6,309,390 | 0.91% | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 6,456,419 | 0.85% | 2.33% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 6,606,195 | 0.79% | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 6,758,284 | 0.73% | 2.3% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 6,908,642 | 0.7% | 2.22% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 7,053,800 | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 7,220,044 | 0.65% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 7,409,903 | 0.63% | 2.63% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 7,600,301 | 0.53% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 7,789,987 | 0.48% | 2.5% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 7,974,440 | 0.42% | 2.37% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 8,151,660 | 0.4% | 2.22% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 8,324,509 | 0.33% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 8,501,827 | 0.39% | 2.13% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 8,682,512 | 0.37% | 2.13% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 8,857,910 | 0.32% | 2.02% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 9,018,448 | 0.28% | 1.81% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 9,161,258 | 0.23% | 1.58% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 9,294,432 | 0.23% | 1.45% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 9,421,270 | 0.24% | 1.36% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 9,541,667 | 0.27% | 1.28% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 9,655,963 | 0.18% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 9,764,935 | 0.17% | 1.13% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 9,869,677 | 0.24% | 1.07% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 9,971,515 | 0.23% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 10,071,632 | 0.21% | 1% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 10,166,163 | 0.03% | 0.94% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 10,255,472 | 0.009% | 0.88% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 10,346,410 | 0.06% | 0.89% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 10,441,702 | 0.11% | 0.92% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 10,542,635 | 0.05% | 0.97% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 10,650,681 | -0.01% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 10,765,980 | 0.02% | 1.08% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 10,886,035 | -0.19% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 11,009,647 | -0.16% | 1.14% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 11,141,361 | -0.14% | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 11,274,288 | -0.13% | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 11,402,264 | -0.11% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 11,528,674 | -0.05% | 1.11% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 11,650,498 | -0.08% | 1.06% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 11,765,514 | -0.13% | 0.99% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 11,875,081 | -0.14% | 0.93% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 11,974,057 | -0.29% | 0.83% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 12,048,622 | -0.46% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 12,119,334 | -0.44% | 0.59% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 12,200,431 | -0.49% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 12,277,109 | -0.43% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 12,348,580 | -0.52% | 0.58% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 12,415,147 | -0.55% | 0.54% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 12,476,105 | -0.57% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 12,531,994 | -0.58% | 0.45% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 12,582,709 | -0.59% | 0.4% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 12,628,154 | -0.6% | 0.36% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 12,669,925 | -0.61% | 0.33% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 12,709,155 | -0.62% | 0.31% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 12,746,538 | -0.63% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 12,781,017 | -0.64% | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 12,812,275 | -0.64% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 12,842,495 | -0.65% | 0.24% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 12,872,063 | -0.65% | 0.23% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 12,900,190 | -0.65% | 0.22% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 12,927,314 | -0.65% | 0.21% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 12,953,871 | -0.65% | 0.21% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 12,979,696 | -0.66% | 0.2% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 13,005,242 | -0.66% | 0.2% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 13,030,307 | -0.65% | 0.19% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 13,054,103 | -0.65% | 0.18% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 13,076,097 | -0.65% | 0.17% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 13,095,748 | -0.65% | 0.15% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 13,113,228 | -0.64% | 0.13% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 13,127,662 | -0.64% | 0.11% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 13,138,151 | -0.64% | 0.08% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 13,145,144 | -0.64% | 0.05% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.
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Population differences between Japan and Tunisia
|
Japan
|
Tunisia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85.1 years | 77.1 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 34.5 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 33.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.83 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 204.7 ppl/mi² |
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