The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 7,494,498 people in Turkmenistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 7,713,465 in Turkmenistan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 16 times bigger than Turkmenistan's.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while Turkmenistan is the 104th.
- The countries together account for 1.59% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.09% for Turkmenistan.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +2.14% in Turkmenistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while Turkmenistan has grown from 5.05M to 7.71M (52.7% growth).
- Turkmenistan is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 10.3M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs Turkmenistan: live population counter
Japan
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Turkmenistan
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
123324642
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7713465
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| Population rank | 12/197 | 104/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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4.04 minutes
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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3.28 minutes
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| One death every |
19.5 seconds
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12.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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35.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | +14,646 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +356 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +130,060 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +1.77% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 64/197 |
Japan and Turkmenistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Japan
Population
Growth rate
Turkmenistan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Japan
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Turkmenistan
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Japan
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Turkmenistan
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| 1960 | 93,216,000 | 1,643,457 | - | - |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 | 1,695,400 | 0.9% | 3.16% |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 | 1,749,214 | 0.93% | 3.17% |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 | 1,804,272 | 1.02% | 3.15% |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 | 1,859,997 | 1.05% | 3.09% |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 | 1,915,916 | 1.08% | 3.01% |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 | 1,971,737 | 0.92% | 2.91% |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 | 2,027,403 | 1.04% | 2.82% |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 | 2,083,069 | 1.13% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 | 2,139,024 | 1.2% | 2.69% |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 | 2,195,616 | 1.16% | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 | 2,253,119 | 2.22% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 | 2,311,430 | 1.41% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 | 2,370,919 | 1.42% | 2.57% |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 | 2,432,028 | 1.34% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 | 2,494,570 | 1.28% | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 | 2,558,521 | 1.08% | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 | 2,623,948 | 0.97% | 2.56% |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 | 2,691,088 | 0.91% | 2.56% |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 | 2,760,358 | 0.85% | 2.57% |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 | 2,832,203 | 0.79% | 2.6% |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 | 2,907,187 | 0.73% | 2.65% |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 | 2,985,557 | 0.7% | 2.7% |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 | 3,067,534 | 0.7% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 | 3,154,079 | 0.65% | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 | 3,247,534 | 0.63% | 2.96% |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 | 3,347,809 | 0.53% | 3.09% |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 | 3,452,731 | 0.48% | 3.13% |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 | 3,559,363 | 0.42% | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 | 3,662,459 | 0.4% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 | 3,760,562 | 0.33% | 2.68% |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 | 3,855,894 | 0.39% | 2.54% |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 | 3,944,689 | 0.37% | 2.3% |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 | 4,032,407 | 0.32% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 | 4,116,662 | 0.28% | 2.09% |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 | 4,191,203 | 0.23% | 1.81% |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 | 4,263,819 | 0.23% | 1.73% |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 | 4,336,730 | 0.24% | 1.71% |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 | 4,410,507 | 0.27% | 1.7% |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 | 4,492,170 | 0.18% | 1.85% |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 | 4,582,677 | 0.17% | 2.01% |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 | 4,675,409 | 0.24% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 | 4,769,465 | 0.23% | 2.01% |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 | 4,863,865 | 0.21% | 1.98% |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 | 4,958,093 | 0.03% | 1.94% |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 | 5,052,257 | 0.009% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 | 5,147,105 | 0.06% | 1.88% |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 | 5,244,046 | 0.11% | 1.88% |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 | 5,345,029 | 0.05% | 1.93% |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 | 5,451,592 | -0.01% | 1.99% |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 | 5,564,356 | 0.02% | 2.07% |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 | 5,683,417 | -0.19% | 2.14% |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 | 5,808,546 | -0.16% | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 | 5,939,341 | -0.14% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 | 6,075,283 | -0.13% | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 | 6,215,770 | -0.11% | 2.31% |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 | 6,360,041 | -0.05% | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 | 6,507,061 | -0.08% | 2.31% |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 | 6,655,524 | -0.13% | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 | 6,803,944 | -0.14% | 2.23% |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 | 6,949,912 | -0.29% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 | 7,092,043 | -0.46% | 2.05% |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 | 7,230,193 | -0.44% | 1.95% |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 | 7,364,438 | -0.49% | 1.86% |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 | 7,494,498 | -0.43% | 1.77% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 7,618,855 | -0.52% | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 7,736,635 | -0.55% | 1.55% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 7,847,563 | -0.57% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 7,951,300 | -0.58% | 1.32% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 8,047,445 | -0.59% | 1.21% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 8,135,732 | -0.6% | 1.1% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 8,218,959 | -0.61% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 8,300,260 | -0.62% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 8,380,356 | -0.63% | 0.96% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 8,459,731 | -0.64% | 0.95% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 8,538,678 | -0.64% | 0.93% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 8,617,567 | -0.65% | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 8,696,458 | -0.65% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 8,775,204 | -0.65% | 0.91% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 8,853,842 | -0.65% | 0.9% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 8,932,237 | -0.65% | 0.89% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 9,010,272 | -0.66% | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 9,087,668 | -0.66% | 0.86% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 9,164,056 | -0.65% | 0.84% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 9,239,278 | -0.65% | 0.82% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 9,312,825 | -0.65% | 0.8% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 9,384,188 | -0.65% | 0.77% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 9,452,893 | -0.64% | 0.73% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 9,518,558 | -0.64% | 0.69% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 9,580,906 | -0.64% | 0.66% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 9,639,711 | -0.64% | 0.61% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while Turkmenistan gained 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2005 and ranked 104th 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 Turkmenistan will increase by 25% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.
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Population differences between Japan and Turkmenistan
|
Japan
|
Turkmenistan
|
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|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 85 years | 70.3 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 29.1 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 27.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 41.3 ppl/mi² |
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