Population in Japan compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Japan and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	UAE	Japan	UAE
1960	93,216,000	131,334	-	-
1961	94,055,000	137,989	0.9%	5.07%
1962	94,933,000	144,946	0.93%	5.04%
1963	95,900,000	152,211	1.02%	5.01%
1964	96,903,000	159,692	1.05%	4.91%
1965	97,952,000	167,103	1.08%	4.64%
1966	98,851,000	173,976	0.92%	4.11%
1967	99,879,000	179,700	1.04%	3.29%
1968	101,011,000	199,416	1.13%	11%
1969	102,219,000	239,660	1.2%	20.2%
1970	103,403,000	286,536	1.16%	19.6%
1971	105,697,000	335,027	2.22%	16.9%
1972	107,188,000	385,014	1.41%	14.9%
1973	108,707,000	436,399	1.42%	13.3%
1974	110,162,000	489,087	1.34%	12.1%
1975	111,573,000	542,856	1.28%	11%
1976	112,775,000	615,866	1.08%	13.4%
1977	113,872,000	710,209	0.97%	15.3%
1978	114,913,000	809,274	0.91%	13.9%
1979	115,890,000	912,010	0.85%	12.7%
1980	116,807,000	1,015,700	0.79%	11.4%
1981	117,661,000	1,099,855	0.73%	8.29%
1982	118,480,000	1,166,370	0.7%	6.05%
1983	119,307,000	1,235,305	0.7%	5.91%
1984	120,083,000	1,305,996	0.65%	5.72%
1985	120,837,000	1,377,911	0.63%	5.51%
1986	121,482,000	1,467,383	0.53%	6.49%
1987	122,069,000	1,574,244	0.48%	7.28%
1988	122,578,000	1,681,788	0.42%	6.83%
1989	123,069,000	1,789,851	0.4%	6.43%
1990	123,478,000	1,898,220	0.33%	6.05%
1991	123,964,000	2,006,626	0.39%	5.71%
1992	124,425,000	2,114,730	0.37%	5.39%
1993	124,829,000	2,222,093	0.32%	5.08%
1994	125,178,000	2,328,188	0.28%	4.77%
1995	125,472,000	2,434,662	0.23%	4.57%
1996	125,757,000	2,597,564	0.23%	6.69%
1997	126,057,000	2,817,410	0.24%	8.46%
1998	126,400,000	3,040,421	0.27%	7.92%
1999	126,631,000	3,266,009	0.18%	7.42%
2000	126,843,000	3,493,575	0.17%	6.97%
2001	127,149,000	3,723,590	0.24%	6.58%
2002	127,445,000	3,956,826	0.23%	6.26%
2003	127,718,000	4,192,457	0.21%	5.96%
2004	127,761,000	4,428,967	0.03%	5.64%
2005	127,773,000	4,664,790	0.009%	5.32%
2006	127,854,000	5,009,100	0.06%	7.38%
2007	128,001,000	5,624,635	0.11%	12.3%
2008	128,063,000	6,302,664	0.05%	12.1%
2009	128,047,000	6,707,058	-0.01%	6.42%
2010	128,070,000	6,869,838	0.02%	2.43%
2011	127,833,000	7,104,538	-0.19%	3.42%
2012	127,629,000	7,391,448	-0.16%	4.04%
2013	127,445,000	7,693,031	-0.14%	4.08%
2014	127,276,000	8,059,440	-0.13%	4.76%
2015	127,141,000	8,505,237	-0.11%	5.53%
2016	127,076,000	8,935,095	-0.05%	5.05%
2017	126,972,000	9,223,225	-0.08%	3.22%
2018	126,811,000	9,346,701	-0.13%	1.34%
2019	126,633,000	9,445,785	-0.14%	1.06%
2020	126,261,000	9,401,038	-0.29%	-0.47%
2021	125,681,593	9,575,152	-0.46%	1.85%
2022	125,124,989	10,074,977	-0.44%	5.22%
2023	124,516,650	10,483,751	-0.49%	4.06%
2024	123,975,371	10,986,400	-0.43%	4.79%
2025	123,324,642	11,304,093	-0.52%	2.89%
2026	122,647,678	11,531,926	-0.55%	2.02%
2027	121,951,038	11,712,175	-0.57%	1.56%
2028	121,241,776	11,868,257	-0.58%	1.33%
2029	120,524,230	12,010,111	-0.59%	1.2%
2030	119,798,959	12,145,577	-0.6%	1.13%
2031	119,065,610	12,281,573	-0.61%	1.12%
2032	118,326,333	12,421,758	-0.62%	1.14%
2033	117,583,337	12,565,679	-0.63%	1.16%
2034	116,836,274	12,712,942	-0.64%	1.17%
2035	116,084,328	12,863,015	-0.64%	1.18%
2036	115,332,395	13,015,458	-0.65%	1.19%
2037	114,582,890	13,169,969	-0.65%	1.19%
2038	113,837,760	13,326,337	-0.65%	1.19%
2039	113,097,352	13,484,193	-0.65%	1.18%
2040	112,359,802	13,643,197	-0.65%	1.18%
2041	111,622,622	13,803,349	-0.66%	1.17%
2042	110,891,223	13,964,553	-0.66%	1.17%
2043	110,169,955	14,126,724	-0.65%	1.16%
2044	109,455,823	14,289,828	-0.65%	1.15%
2045	108,747,012	14,453,775	-0.65%	1.15%
2046	108,044,346	14,619,554	-0.65%	1.15%
2047	107,350,486	14,788,991	-0.64%	1.16%
2048	106,665,616	14,961,419	-0.64%	1.17%
2049	105,986,908	15,135,496	-0.64%	1.16%
2050	105,312,022	15,310,628	-0.64%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.