Population of Japan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Japan is 125,248,353 as of March 21, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Japan is projected at 126,050,804 or 126.051 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Japan is projected at 126,476,461 or 126.476 million people for the year 2020. Japan ranks number 11th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Japan is ranked 6st among 51 countries in Asia.

Japan's population peaked in 2009 with 128.56 mn people after Japan's population decreased year by year. The Japanese population is projected to reach 120.76 million in 2030 and decrease further to 105.80 million in 2050 and 74.96 million by 2100. Japan accounts for 1.60 percent of the world population. However, its global share has been declining since 1.98% of 2004 and is projected to decline by 0.69% by 2100.

Japan was at 5th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 36th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Japan population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	82,802,084	-	-	3.26
1951	84,316,264	1,514,180	1.83	3.26
1952	85,659,443	1,343,179	1.59	3.26
1953	86,869,975	1,210,532	1.41	3.24
1954	87,980,575	1,110,600	1.28	3.23
1955	89,018,257	1,037,682	1.18	3.21
1956	90,004,181	985,924	1.11	3.19
1957	90,953,809	949,628	1.06	3.17
1958	91,877,638	923,829	1.02	3.14
1959	92,782,231	904,593	0.98	3.11
1960	93,673,615	891,384	0.96	3.09
1961	94,560,709	887,094	0.95	3.06
1962	95,458,524	897,815	0.95	3.03
1963	96,389,424	930,900	0.98	3.00
1964	97,379,402	989,978	1.03	2.97
1965	98,447,002	1,067,600	1.10	2.95
1966	99,596,069	1,149,067	1.17	2.92
1967	100,822,291	1,226,222	1.23	2.90
1968	102,124,005	1,301,714	1.29	2.88
1969	103,496,035	1,372,030	1.34	2.85
1970	104,929,251	1,433,216	1.38	2.84
1971	106,427,103	1,497,852	1.43	2.82
1972	107,976,027	1,548,924	1.46	2.80
1973	109,528,512	1,552,485	1.44	2.79
1974	111,022,689	1,494,177	1.36	2.77
1975	112,413,359	1,390,670	1.25	2.76
1976	113,679,191	1,265,832	1.13	2.74
1977	114,827,832	1,148,641	1.01	2.71
1978	115,879,211	1,051,379	0.92	2.69
1979	116,867,356	988,145	0.85	2.67
1980	117,816,940	949,584	0.81	2.64
1981	118,732,841	915,901	0.78	2.62
1982	119,605,250	872,409	0.73	2.59
1983	120,427,636	822,386	0.69	2.56
1984	121,189,266	761,630	0.63	2.53
1985	121,883,482	694,216	0.57	2.50
1986	122,509,117	625,635	0.51	2.47
1987	123,072,710	563,593	0.46	2.44
1988	123,584,527	511,817	0.42	2.40
1989	124,058,520	473,993	0.38	2.37
1990	124,505,240	446,720	0.36	2.34
1991	124,929,772	424,532	0.34	2.31
1992	125,331,297	401,525	0.32	2.28
1993	125,707,411	376,114	0.30	2.25
1994	126,053,129	345,718	0.28	2.23
1995	126,365,484	312,355	0.25	2.20
1996	126,644,094	278,610	0.22	2.17
1997	126,892,738	248,644	0.20	2.15
1998	127,117,434	224,696	0.18	2.12
1999	127,326,070	208,636	0.16	2.10
2000	127,524,174	198,104	0.16	2.08
2001	127,713,828	189,654	0.15	2.05
2002	127,893,078	179,250	0.14	2.03
2003	128,058,372	165,294	0.13	2.01
2004	128,204,195	145,823	0.11	1.98
2005	128,326,116	121,921	0.10	1.96
2006	128,422,734	96,618	0.08	1.94
2007	128,494,057	71,323	0.06	1.92
2008	128,538,646	44,589	0.03	1.89
2009	128,555,189	16,543	0.01	1.87
2010	128,542,353	-12,836	-0.01	1.85
2011	128,498,965	-43,388	-0.03	1.82
2012	128,423,571	-75,394	-0.06	1.80
2013	128,314,195	-109,376	-0.09	1.78
2014	128,168,639	-145,556	-0.11	1.76
2015	127,985,133	-183,506	-0.14	1.73
2016	127,763,265	-221,868	-0.17	1.71
2017	127,502,725	-260,540	-0.20	1.69
2018	127,202,192	-300,533	-0.24	1.67
2019	126,860,301	-341,891	-0.27	1.64

Japan population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	126,476,461	-383,840	-0.30	1.62
2021	126,050,804	-425,657	-0.34	1.60
2022	125,584,838	-465,966	-0.37	1.58
2023	125,081,319	-503,519	-0.40	1.56
2024	124,543,914	-537,405	-0.43	1.54
2025	123,975,982	-567,932	-0.46	1.51
2026	123,379,106	-596,876	-0.48	1.49
2027	122,754,992	-624,114	-0.51	1.47
2028	122,107,375	-647,617	-0.53	1.45
2029	121,440,550	-666,825	-0.55	1.43
2030	120,758,057	-682,493	-0.56	1.41
2031	120,062,527	-695,530	-0.58	1.39
2032	119,355,235	-707,292	-0.59	1.37
2033	118,636,760	-718,475	-0.60	1.36
2034	117,906,955	-729,805	-0.62	1.34
2035	117,166,141	-740,814	-0.63	1.32
2036	116,415,517	-750,624	-0.64	1.30
2037	115,657,084	-758,433	-0.65	1.28
2038	114,892,926	-764,158	-0.66	1.27
2039	114,125,389	-767,537	-0.67	1.25
2040	113,356,476	-768,913	-0.67	1.23
2041	112,587,235	-769,241	-0.68	1.22
2042	111,818,501	-768,734	-0.68	1.20
2043	111,051,702	-766,799	-0.69	1.18
2044	110,288,302	-763,400	-0.69	1.17
2045	109,529,351	-758,951	-0.69	1.16
2046	108,775,259	-754,092	-0.69	1.14
2047	108,025,989	-749,270	-0.69	1.13
2048	107,281,351	-744,638	-0.69	1.11
2049	106,540,922	-740,429	-0.69	1.10
2050	105,804,027	-736,895	-0.69	1.09
2051	105,070,740	-733,287	-0.69	1.07
2052	104,340,209	-730,531	-0.70	1.06
2053	103,609,657	-730,552	-0.70	1.05
2054	102,875,489	-734,168	-0.71	1.04
2055	102,134,981	-740,508	-0.72	1.03
2056	101,387,471	-747,510	-0.73	1.01
2057	100,633,221	-754,250	-0.74	1.00
2058	99,871,669	-761,552	-0.76	0.99
2059	99,102,483	-769,186	-0.77	0.98
2060	98,325,806	-776,677	-0.78	0.97
2061	97,541,841	-783,965	-0.80	0.96
2062	96,751,613	-790,228	-0.81	0.95
2063	95,957,178	-794,435	-0.82	0.94
2064	95,161,226	-795,952	-0.83	0.93
2065	94,366,265	-794,961	-0.84	0.91
2066	93,573,718	-792,547	-0.84	0.90
2067	92,785,133	-788,585	-0.84	0.89
2068	92,003,309	-781,824	-0.84	0.88
2069	91,231,457	-771,852	-0.84	0.87
2070	90,472,356	-759,101	-0.83	0.87
2071	89,727,265	-745,091	-0.82	0.86
2072	88,997,472	-729,793	-0.81	0.85
2073	88,285,664	-711,808	-0.80	0.84
2074	87,594,805	-690,859	-0.78	0.83
2075	86,926,940	-667,865	-0.76	0.82
2076	86,283,336	-643,604	-0.74	0.81
2077	85,663,570	-619,766	-0.72	0.81
2078	85,065,746	-597,824	-0.70	0.80
2079	84,486,881	-578,865	-0.68	0.79
2080	83,924,563	-562,318	-0.67	0.79
2081	83,378,017	-546,546	-0.65	0.78
2082	82,847,120	-530,897	-0.64	0.77
2083	82,330,879	-516,241	-0.62	0.77
2084	81,828,308	-502,571	-0.61	0.76
2085	81,338,415	-489,893	-0.60	0.76
2086	80,860,408	-478,007	-0.59	0.75
2087	80,393,389	-467,019	-0.58	0.75
2088	79,936,259	-457,130	-0.57	0.74
2089	79,487,832	-448,427	-0.56	0.74
2090	79,047,123	-440,709	-0.55	0.73
2091	78,613,363	-433,760	-0.55	0.73
2092	78,186,030	-427,333	-0.54	0.72
2093	77,764,738	-421,292	-0.54	0.72
2094	77,349,195	-415,543	-0.53	0.71
2095	76,939,131	-410,064	-0.53	0.71
2096	76,534,219	-404,912	-0.53	0.70
2097	76,134,164	-400,055	-0.52	0.70
2098	75,738,595	-395,569	-0.52	0.70
2099	75,347,135	-391,460	-0.52	0.69
2100	74,959,377	-387,758	-0.51	0.69