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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	United States	Japan	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	93,216,000	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	94,055,000	183,691,481	0.9%	1.67%
1962	94,933,000	186,537,737	0.93%	1.55%
1963	95,900,000	189,241,798	1.02%	1.45%
1964	96,903,000	191,888,791	1.05%	1.4%
1965	97,952,000	194,302,963	1.08%	1.26%
1966	98,851,000	196,560,338	0.92%	1.16%
1967	99,879,000	198,712,056	1.04%	1.09%
1968	101,011,000	200,706,052	1.13%	1%
1969	102,219,000	202,676,946	1.2%	0.98%
1970	103,403,000	205,052,174	1.16%	1.17%
1971	105,697,000	207,660,677	2.22%	1.27%
1972	107,188,000	209,896,021	1.41%	1.08%
1973	108,707,000	211,908,788	1.42%	0.96%
1974	110,162,000	213,853,928	1.34%	0.92%
1975	111,573,000	215,973,199	1.28%	0.99%
1976	112,775,000	218,035,164	1.08%	0.95%
1977	113,872,000	220,239,425	0.97%	1.01%
1978	114,913,000	222,584,545	0.91%	1.06%
1979	115,890,000	225,055,487	0.85%	1.11%
1980	116,807,000	226,542,250	0.79%	0.66%
1981	117,661,000	229,465,744	0.73%	1.29%
1982	118,480,000	231,664,432	0.7%	0.96%
1983	119,307,000	233,792,014	0.7%	0.92%
1984	120,083,000	235,824,908	0.65%	0.87%
1985	120,837,000	237,923,734	0.63%	0.89%
1986	121,482,000	240,132,831	0.53%	0.93%
1987	122,069,000	242,288,936	0.48%	0.9%
1988	122,578,000	244,499,004	0.42%	0.91%
1989	123,069,000	246,819,222	0.4%	0.95%
1990	123,478,000	250,131,894	0.33%	1.34%
1991	123,964,000	253,492,503	0.39%	1.34%
1992	124,425,000	256,894,189	0.37%	1.34%
1993	124,829,000	260,255,352	0.32%	1.31%
1994	125,178,000	263,435,673	0.28%	1.22%
1995	125,472,000	266,557,091	0.23%	1.18%
1996	125,757,000	269,667,391	0.23%	1.17%
1997	126,057,000	272,911,760	0.24%	1.2%
1998	126,400,000	276,115,288	0.27%	1.17%
1999	126,631,000	279,294,713	0.18%	1.15%
2000	126,843,000	282,162,411	0.17%	1.03%
2001	127,149,000	284,968,955	0.24%	0.99%
2002	127,445,000	287,625,193	0.23%	0.93%
2003	127,718,000	290,107,933	0.21%	0.86%
2004	127,761,000	292,805,298	0.03%	0.93%
2005	127,773,000	295,516,599	0.009%	0.93%
2006	127,854,000	298,379,912	0.06%	0.97%
2007	128,001,000	301,231,207	0.11%	0.96%
2008	128,063,000	304,093,966	0.05%	0.95%
2009	128,047,000	306,771,529	-0.01%	0.88%
2010	128,070,000	309,327,143	0.02%	0.83%
2011	127,833,000	311,583,481	-0.19%	0.73%
2012	127,629,000	313,877,662	-0.16%	0.74%
2013	127,445,000	316,059,947	-0.14%	0.7%
2014	127,276,000	318,386,329	-0.13%	0.74%
2015	127,141,000	320,738,994	-0.11%	0.74%
2016	127,076,000	323,071,755	-0.05%	0.73%
2017	126,972,000	325,122,128	-0.08%	0.63%
2018	126,811,000	326,838,199	-0.13%	0.53%
2019	126,633,000	328,329,953	-0.14%	0.46%
2020	126,261,000	331,526,933	-0.29%	0.97%
2021	125,681,593	331,893,745	-0.46%	0.11%
2022	125,124,989	333,271,411	-0.44%	0.42%
2023	124,516,650	334,914,895	-0.49%	0.49%
2024	123,975,371	340,110,988	-0.43%	1.55%
2025	123,324,642	341,931,772	-0.52%	0.54%
2026	122,647,678	343,664,369	-0.55%	0.51%
2027	121,951,038	345,331,185	-0.57%	0.49%
2028	121,241,776	346,981,137	-0.58%	0.48%
2029	120,524,230	348,601,982	-0.59%	0.47%
2030	119,798,959	350,176,974	-0.6%	0.45%
2031	119,065,610	351,725,612	-0.61%	0.44%
2032	118,326,333	353,249,060	-0.62%	0.43%
2033	117,583,337	354,749,644	-0.63%	0.42%
2034	116,836,274	356,234,239	-0.64%	0.42%
2035	116,084,328	357,694,316	-0.64%	0.41%
2036	115,332,395	359,119,002	-0.65%	0.4%
2037	114,582,890	360,517,853	-0.65%	0.39%
2038	113,837,760	361,895,407	-0.65%	0.38%
2039	113,097,352	363,229,908	-0.65%	0.37%
2040	112,359,802	364,512,364	-0.65%	0.35%
2041	111,622,622	365,753,139	-0.66%	0.34%
2042	110,891,223	366,969,419	-0.66%	0.33%
2043	110,169,955	368,146,925	-0.65%	0.32%
2044	109,455,823	369,258,123	-0.65%	0.3%
2045	108,747,012	370,318,770	-0.65%	0.29%
2046	108,044,346	371,328,255	-0.65%	0.27%
2047	107,350,486	372,299,116	-0.64%	0.26%
2048	106,665,616	373,230,539	-0.64%	0.25%
2049	105,986,908	374,119,803	-0.64%	0.24%
2050	105,312,022	374,986,259	-0.64%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.