Population in Japan compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Japan and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Vatican	Japan	Vatican
1960	93,216,000	-	-	-
1961	94,055,000	-	0.9%	-
1962	94,933,000	-	0.93%	-
1963	95,900,000	-	1.02%	-
1964	96,903,000	-	1.05%	-
1965	97,952,000	-	1.08%	-
1966	98,851,000	-	0.92%	-
1967	99,879,000	-	1.04%	-
1968	101,011,000	-	1.13%	-
1969	102,219,000	-	1.2%	-
1970	103,403,000	-	1.16%	-
1971	105,697,000	-	2.22%	-
1972	107,188,000	-	1.41%	-
1973	108,707,000	-	1.42%	-
1974	110,162,000	-	1.34%	-
1975	111,573,000	-	1.28%	-
1976	112,775,000	-	1.08%	-
1977	113,872,000	-	0.97%	-
1978	114,913,000	-	0.91%	-
1979	115,890,000	-	0.85%	-
1980	116,807,000	-	0.79%	-
1981	117,661,000	-	0.73%	-
1982	118,480,000	-	0.7%	-
1983	119,307,000	-	0.7%	-
1984	120,083,000	-	0.65%	-
1985	120,837,000	-	0.63%	-
1986	121,482,000	-	0.53%	-
1987	122,069,000	-	0.48%	-
1988	122,578,000	-	0.42%	-
1989	123,069,000	-	0.4%	-
1990	123,478,000	-	0.33%	-
1991	123,964,000	-	0.39%	-
1992	124,425,000	-	0.37%	-
1993	124,829,000	-	0.32%	-
1994	125,178,000	-	0.28%	-
1995	125,472,000	-	0.23%	-
1996	125,757,000	-	0.23%	-
1997	126,057,000	-	0.24%	-
1998	126,400,000	-	0.27%	-
1999	126,631,000	-	0.18%	-
2000	126,843,000	880	0.17%	-
2001	127,149,000	890	0.24%	1.14%
2002	127,445,000	900	0.23%	1.12%
2003	127,718,000	911	0.21%	1.22%
2004	127,761,000	921	0.03%	1.1%
2005	127,773,000	921	0.009%	0%
2006	127,854,000	932	0.06%	1.19%
2007	128,001,000	821	0.11%	-11.9%
2008	128,063,000	824	0.05%	0.37%
2009	128,047,000	826	-0.01%	0.24%
2010	128,070,000	829	0.02%	0.36%
2011	127,833,000	832	-0.19%	0.36%
2012	127,629,000	836	-0.16%	0.48%
2013	127,445,000	839	-0.14%	0.36%
2014	127,276,000	842	-0.13%	0.36%
2015	127,141,000	1,000	-0.11%	18.8%
2016	127,076,000	-	-0.05%	0%
2017	126,972,000	1,000	-0.08%	0%
2018	126,811,000	-	-0.13%	0%
2019	126,633,000	1,000	-0.14%	0%
2020	126,261,000	987	-0.29%	-1.29%
2021	125,681,593	970	-0.46%	-1.68%
2022	125,124,989	944	-0.44%	-2.66%
2023	124,516,650	922	-0.49%	-2.34%
2024	123,975,371	933	-0.43%	1.2%
2025	123,324,642	939	-0.52%	0.59%
2026	122,647,678	952	-0.55%	1.37%
2027	121,951,038	974	-0.57%	2.32%
2028	121,241,776	985	-0.58%	1.13%
2029	120,524,230	983	-0.59%	-0.19%
2030	119,798,959	976	-0.6%	-0.75%
2031	119,065,610	968	-0.61%	-0.75%
2032	118,326,333	968	-0.62%	0%
2033	117,583,337	988	-0.63%	2.09%
2034	116,836,274	992	-0.64%	0.37%
2035	116,084,328	1,000	-0.64%	0.74%
2036	115,332,395	998	-0.65%	-0.18%
2037	114,582,890	1,003	-0.65%	0.55%
2038	113,837,760	1,022	-0.65%	1.83%
2039	113,097,352	1,060	-0.65%	3.78%
2040	112,359,802	1,095	-0.65%	3.3%
2041	111,622,622	1,127	-0.66%	2.86%
2042	110,891,223	1,149	-0.66%	1.96%
2043	110,169,955	1,169	-0.65%	1.76%
2044	109,455,823	1,186	-0.65%	1.42%
2045	108,747,012	1,209	-0.65%	2.02%
2046	108,044,346	1,224	-0.65%	1.22%
2047	107,350,486	1,248	-0.64%	1.95%
2048	106,665,616	1,272	-0.64%	1.92%
2049	105,986,908	1,296	-0.64%	1.88%
2050	105,312,022	1,325	-0.64%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Japan decreased by 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Japan lost -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2006 and is 12th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.