The latest officially reported population of Japan was 123,975,371 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Japan's population is 123,324,642 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 10.8 times bigger than the United Arab Emirates'.
- Japan is ranked the 12th most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
- The countries together account for 1.63% of the world: 1.49% for Japan vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
- For the last 10 years, Japan has had an average growth rate of -0.25% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
- Since 2005, the population of Japan has decreased from 128M people to 123M (3.48% decline), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
- The United Arab Emirates is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 25.8M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Japan vs United Arab Emirates: live population counter
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| Current population |
123324642
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11372700
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| Population rank | 12/197 | 86/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.49% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
58.3 seconds
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1.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
42.2 seconds
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5.13 minutes
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| One death every |
19.5 seconds
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53.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.43 minutes
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1.89 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +153,357 | +278,439 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,483 | +1,077 |
| Annual growth/decline | -541,279 | +393,230 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | +3.75% |
| Population growth rate rank | 182/197 | 8/197 |
Japan and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 10,876,981 | -0.43% | 3.75% |
| 2025 | 123,324,642 | 11,191,510 | -0.52% | 2.89% |
| 2026 | 122,647,678 | 11,417,074 | -0.55% | 2.02% |
| 2027 | 121,951,038 | 11,595,528 | -0.57% | 1.56% |
| 2028 | 121,241,776 | 11,750,055 | -0.58% | 1.33% |
| 2029 | 120,524,230 | 11,890,496 | -0.59% | 1.2% |
| 2030 | 119,798,959 | 12,024,613 | -0.6% | 1.13% |
| 2031 | 119,065,610 | 12,159,255 | -0.61% | 1.12% |
| 2032 | 118,326,333 | 12,298,043 | -0.62% | 1.14% |
| 2033 | 117,583,337 | 12,440,531 | -0.63% | 1.16% |
| 2034 | 116,836,274 | 12,586,327 | -0.64% | 1.17% |
| 2035 | 116,084,328 | 12,734,906 | -0.64% | 1.18% |
| 2036 | 115,332,395 | 12,885,831 | -0.65% | 1.19% |
| 2037 | 114,582,890 | 13,038,803 | -0.65% | 1.19% |
| 2038 | 113,837,760 | 13,193,613 | -0.65% | 1.19% |
| 2039 | 113,097,352 | 13,349,897 | -0.65% | 1.18% |
| 2040 | 112,359,802 | 13,507,317 | -0.65% | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 111,622,622 | 13,665,875 | -0.66% | 1.17% |
| 2042 | 110,891,223 | 13,825,473 | -0.66% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 110,169,955 | 13,986,029 | -0.65% | 1.16% |
| 2044 | 109,455,823 | 14,147,509 | -0.65% | 1.15% |
| 2045 | 108,747,012 | 14,309,823 | -0.65% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 108,044,346 | 14,473,950 | -0.65% | 1.15% |
| 2047 | 107,350,486 | 14,641,700 | -0.64% | 1.16% |
| 2048 | 106,665,616 | 14,812,411 | -0.64% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 105,986,908 | 14,984,754 | -0.64% | 1.16% |
| 2050 | 105,312,022 | 15,158,142 | -0.64% | 1.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).
Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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 |
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| City | Population |
| Dubai | 3.94M |
| Abu Dhabi | 1.57M |
| Sharjah | 1.25M |
| Al Ain | 767K |
| Ajman | 490K |
| Fujairah | 119K |
| Ras al-Khaimah | 116K |
| Umm al-Quwain | 44.4K |
| Madinat Zayed | 29.1K |
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Population differences between Japan and the United Arab Emirates
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| Life expectancy | 85 years | 83.2 years |
| Average age | 48.3 years | 32.1 years |
| Median age | 50.4 years | 32.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.8:51.2 | 63.9:36.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 881 ppl/mi² | 397 ppl/mi² |
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