| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 22 Feb 2024 |
The current population of Japan is 122,752,016 as of April 26, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Japan is projected at 122,631,432 or 122.63 million as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Japan is projected at 123,294,513 or 123.29 million people for the year 2023.
Japan ranks number 12th in the world by population in the list of 237 countries/territories. Japan is ranked 6th among 51 countries/territories in Asia.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
| 2022 | 124,278,310 | 123,951,692 | -653,236 | -0.527 | 1.55 |
| 2023 | 123,625,074 | 123,294,513 | -661,122 | -0.536 | 1.53 |
| 2024 | 122,963,952 | 122,631,432 | -665,040 | -0.542 | 1.51 |
| 2025 | 122,298,912 | 121,960,408 | -677,009 | -0.555 | 1.49 |
| 2026 | 121,621,903 | 121,282,488 | -678,830 | -0.560 | 1.47 |
| 2027 | 120,943,073 | 120,600,599 | -684,948 | -0.568 | 1.45 |
| 2028 | 120,258,125 | 119,912,238 | -691,775 | -0.577 | 1.43 |
| 2029 | 119,566,350 | 119,217,097 | -698,506 | -0.586 | 1.41 |
| 2030 | 118,867,844 | 118,514,802 | -706,085 | -0.596 | 1.39 |
| 2031 | 118,161,759 | 117,805,680 | -712,158 | -0.605 | 1.37 |
| 2032 | 117,449,601 | 117,090,083 | -719,037 | -0.614 | 1.35 |
| 2033 | 116,730,564 | 116,368,193 | -724,742 | -0.623 | 1.33 |
| 2034 | 116,005,822 | 115,641,077 | -729,489 | -0.631 | 1.31 |
| 2035 | 115,276,333 | 114,907,058 | -738,549 | -0.643 | 1.29 |
| 2036 | 114,537,784 | 114,164,955 | -745,657 | -0.653 | 1.28 |
| 2037 | 113,792,127 | 113,416,742 | -750,770 | -0.662 | 1.26 |
| 2038 | 113,041,357 | 112,664,566 | -753,582 | -0.669 | 1.24 |
| 2039 | 112,287,775 | 111,910,716 | -754,117 | -0.674 | 1.23 |
| 2040 | 111,533,658 | 111,157,201 | -752,913 | -0.677 | 1.21 |
| 2041 | 110,780,745 | 110,405,207 | -751,076 | -0.680 | 1.19 |
| 2042 | 110,029,669 | 109,654,640 | -750,058 | -0.684 | 1.18 |
| 2043 | 109,279,611 | 108,903,960 | -751,302 | -0.690 | 1.16 |
| 2044 | 108,528,309 | 108,155,545 | -745,528 | -0.689 | 1.15 |
| 2045 | 107,782,781 | 107,412,293 | -740,976 | -0.690 | 1.13 |
| 2046 | 107,041,805 | 106,674,353 | -734,904 | -0.689 | 1.12 |
| 2047 | 106,306,901 | 105,942,538 | -728,726 | -0.688 | 1.11 |
| 2048 | 105,578,175 | 105,216,618 | -723,113 | -0.687 | 1.09 |
| 2049 | 104,855,062 | 104,497,283 | -715,559 | -0.685 | 1.08 |
| 2050 | 104,139,503 | 103,784,357 | -710,292 | -0.684 | 1.07 |
| 2051 | 103,429,211 | 103,076,686 | -705,050 | -0.684 | 1.06 |
| 2052 | 102,724,161 | 102,373,741 | -700,840 | -0.685 | 1.05 |
| 2053 | 102,023,321 | 101,672,959 | -700,723 | -0.689 | 1.03 |
| 2054 | 101,322,598 | 100,969,712 | -705,772 | -0.699 | 1.02 |
| 2055 | 100,616,826 | 100,261,155 | -711,342 | -0.709 | 1.01 |
| 2056 | 99,905,484 | 99,547,977 | -715,013 | -0.718 | 1.00 |
| 2057 | 99,190,471 | 98,829,212 | -722,517 | -0.731 | 0.99 |
| 2058 | 98,467,954 | 98,103,898 | -728,113 | -0.742 | 0.98 |
| 2059 | 97,739,841 | 97,371,456 | -736,770 | -0.757 | 0.97 |
| 2060 | 97,003,071 | 96,631,457 | -743,228 | -0.769 | 0.96 |
| 2061 | 96,259,843 | 95,885,918 | -747,849 | -0.780 | 0.95 |
| 2062 | 95,511,994 | 95,135,942 | -752,104 | -0.791 | 0.94 |
| 2063 | 94,759,890 | 94,381,509 | -756,762 | -0.802 | 0.93 |
| 2064 | 94,003,128 | 93,622,768 | -760,721 | -0.813 | 0.92 |
| 2065 | 93,242,407 | 92,862,515 | -759,785 | -0.818 | 0.91 |
| 2066 | 92,482,622 | 92,104,053 | -757,139 | -0.822 | 0.90 |
| 2067 | 91,725,483 | 91,348,808 | -753,350 | -0.825 | 0.89 |
| 2068 | 90,972,133 | 90,601,494 | -741,278 | -0.818 | 0.88 |
| 2069 | 90,230,855 | 89,863,719 | -734,272 | -0.817 | 0.87 |
| 2070 | 89,496,583 | 89,136,819 | -719,528 | -0.807 | 0.87 |
| 2071 | 88,777,055 | 88,424,325 | -705,460 | -0.798 | 0.86 |
| 2072 | 88,071,595 | 87,727,655 | -687,879 | -0.784 | 0.85 |
| 2073 | 87,383,716 | 87,048,361 | -670,710 | -0.771 | 0.84 |
| 2074 | 86,713,006 | 86,388,769 | -648,475 | -0.751 | 0.83 |
| 2075 | 86,064,531 | 85,749,785 | -629,491 | -0.734 | 0.83 |
| 2076 | 85,435,040 | 85,129,656 | -610,768 | -0.717 | 0.82 |
| 2077 | 84,824,272 | 84,529,212 | -590,120 | -0.698 | 0.81 |
| 2078 | 84,234,152 | 83,948,386 | -571,531 | -0.681 | 0.81 |
| 2079 | 83,662,621 | 83,384,467 | -556,308 | -0.667 | 0.80 |
| 2080 | 83,106,313 | 82,836,599 | -539,428 | -0.651 | 0.80 |
| 2081 | 82,566,885 | 82,305,350 | -523,070 | -0.636 | 0.79 |
| 2082 | 82,043,815 | 81,787,526 | -512,578 | -0.627 | 0.78 |
| 2083 | 81,531,237 | 81,280,426 | -501,622 | -0.617 | 0.78 |
| 2084 | 81,029,615 | 80,784,469 | -490,293 | -0.607 | 0.77 |
| 2085 | 80,539,322 | 80,297,790 | -483,064 | -0.602 | 0.77 |
| 2086 | 80,056,258 | 79,817,820 | -476,876 | -0.597 | 0.77 |
| 2087 | 79,579,382 | 79,344,369 | -470,026 | -0.592 | 0.76 |
| 2088 | 79,109,356 | 78,877,798 | -463,117 | -0.587 | 0.76 |
| 2089 | 78,646,239 | 78,416,133 | -460,212 | -0.587 | 0.75 |
| 2090 | 78,186,027 | 77,959,318 | -453,418 | -0.582 | 0.75 |
| 2091 | 77,732,609 | 77,507,344 | -450,531 | -0.581 | 0.74 |
| 2092 | 77,282,078 | 77,059,254 | -445,648 | -0.578 | 0.74 |
| 2093 | 76,836,430 | 76,615,267 | -442,326 | -0.577 | 0.74 |
| 2094 | 76,394,104 | 76,175,514 | -437,181 | -0.574 | 0.73 |
| 2095 | 75,956,923 | 75,741,100 | -431,646 | -0.570 | 0.73 |
| 2096 | 75,525,277 | 75,310,678 | -429,198 | -0.570 | 0.72 |
| 2097 | 75,096,079 | 74,884,753 | -422,652 | -0.564 | 0.72 |
| 2098 | 74,673,427 | 74,465,689 | -415,475 | -0.558 | 0.72 |
| 2099 | 74,257,952 | 74,051,908 | -412,088 | -0.556 | 0.71 |
| 2100 | 73,845,864 | 73,644,064 | -403,599 | -0.548 | 0.71 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
| 1950 | 83,656,263 | 84,353,049 | 1,393,571 | 1.652 | 3.38 |
| 1951 | 85,049,834 | 85,683,474 | 1,267,280 | 1.479 | 3.37 |
| 1952 | 86,317,114 | 86,921,764 | 1,209,299 | 1.391 | 3.36 |
| 1953 | 87,526,413 | 88,057,140 | 1,061,454 | 1.205 | 3.34 |
| 1954 | 88,587,867 | 89,093,019 | 1,010,303 | 1.134 | 3.31 |
| 1955 | 89,598,170 | 90,090,281 | 984,222 | 1.092 | 3.28 |
| 1956 | 90,582,392 | 91,021,560 | 878,336 | 0.965 | 3.25 |
| 1957 | 91,460,728 | 91,837,665 | 753,874 | 0.821 | 3.21 |
| 1958 | 92,214,602 | 92,671,295 | 913,387 | 0.986 | 3.18 |
| 1959 | 93,127,989 | 93,575,985 | 895,992 | 0.958 | 3.15 |
| 1960 | 94,023,981 | 94,464,839 | 881,716 | 0.933 | 3.13 |
| 1961 | 94,905,697 | 95,355,458 | 899,521 | 0.943 | 3.11 |
| 1962 | 95,805,218 | 96,267,883 | 925,330 | 0.961 | 3.08 |
| 1963 | 96,730,548 | 97,246,712 | 1,032,327 | 1.062 | 3.04 |
| 1964 | 97,762,875 | 98,319,344 | 1,112,937 | 1.132 | 3.01 |
| 1965 | 98,875,812 | 99,468,746 | 1,185,869 | 1.192 | 2.98 |
| 1966 | 100,061,681 | 100,466,907 | 810,452 | 0.807 | 2.95 |
| 1967 | 100,872,133 | 101,527,852 | 1,311,437 | 1.292 | 2.92 |
| 1968 | 102,183,570 | 102,819,279 | 1,271,418 | 1.237 | 2.90 |
| 1969 | 103,454,988 | 104,102,077 | 1,294,179 | 1.243 | 2.88 |
| 1970 | 104,749,167 | 105,416,839 | 1,335,344 | 1.267 | 2.85 |
| 1971 | 106,084,511 | 106,789,355 | 1,409,688 | 1.320 | 2.83 |
| 1972 | 107,494,199 | 108,220,404 | 1,452,409 | 1.342 | 2.81 |
| 1973 | 108,946,608 | 109,679,470 | 1,465,723 | 1.336 | 2.80 |
| 1974 | 110,412,331 | 111,100,023 | 1,375,383 | 1.238 | 2.78 |
| 1975 | 111,787,714 | 112,411,640 | 1,247,853 | 1.110 | 2.76 |
| 1976 | 113,035,567 | 113,624,865 | 1,178,596 | 1.037 | 2.74 |
| 1977 | 114,214,163 | 114,761,516 | 1,094,707 | 0.954 | 2.72 |
| 1978 | 115,308,870 | 115,809,525 | 1,001,310 | 0.865 | 2.70 |
| 1979 | 116,310,180 | 116,765,509 | 910,658 | 0.780 | 2.67 |
| 1980 | 117,220,838 | 117,624,196 | 806,716 | 0.686 | 2.65 |
| 1981 | 118,027,554 | 118,385,723 | 716,337 | 0.605 | 2.62 |
| 1982 | 118,743,891 | 119,098,142 | 708,502 | 0.595 | 2.58 |
| 1983 | 119,452,393 | 119,793,752 | 682,718 | 0.570 | 2.55 |
| 1984 | 120,135,111 | 120,470,727 | 671,231 | 0.557 | 2.52 |
| 1985 | 120,806,342 | 121,119,031 | 625,378 | 0.516 | 2.49 |
| 1986 | 121,431,720 | 121,710,305 | 557,170 | 0.458 | 2.46 |
| 1987 | 121,988,890 | 122,268,885 | 559,990 | 0.458 | 2.43 |
| 1988 | 122,548,880 | 122,798,302 | 498,843 | 0.406 | 2.39 |
| 1989 | 123,047,723 | 123,270,648 | 445,849 | 0.362 | 2.36 |
| 1990 | 123,493,572 | 123,686,321 | 385,498 | 0.312 | 2.33 |
| 1991 | 123,879,070 | 124,073,993 | 389,846 | 0.314 | 2.30 |
| 1992 | 124,268,916 | 124,444,693 | 351,554 | 0.282 | 2.27 |
| 1993 | 124,620,470 | 124,779,576 | 318,213 | 0.255 | 2.24 |
| 1994 | 124,938,683 | 125,119,269 | 361,171 | 0.289 | 2.21 |
| 1995 | 125,299,854 | 125,433,969 | 268,229 | 0.214 | 2.18 |
| 1996 | 125,568,083 | 125,726,223 | 316,280 | 0.252 | 2.16 |
| 1997 | 125,884,363 | 126,027,985 | 287,243 | 0.228 | 2.13 |
| 1998 | 126,171,606 | 126,308,390 | 273,568 | 0.217 | 2.11 |
| 1999 | 126,445,174 | 126,555,063 | 219,778 | 0.174 | 2.09 |
| 2000 | 126,664,952 | 126,803,861 | 277,818 | 0.219 | 2.06 |
| 2001 | 126,942,770 | 127,065,731 | 245,921 | 0.194 | 2.04 |
| 2002 | 127,188,691 | 127,301,750 | 226,119 | 0.178 | 2.02 |
| 2003 | 127,414,810 | 127,502,352 | 175,085 | 0.137 | 1.99 |
| 2004 | 127,589,895 | 127,671,288 | 162,787 | 0.128 | 1.97 |
| 2005 | 127,752,682 | 127,798,373 | 91,382 | 0.072 | 1.95 |
| 2006 | 127,844,064 | 127,902,167 | 116,206 | 0.091 | 1.93 |
| 2007 | 127,960,270 | 128,006,426 | 92,312 | 0.072 | 1.90 |
| 2008 | 128,052,582 | 128,077,633 | 50,102 | 0.039 | 1.88 |
| 2009 | 128,102,684 | 128,117,042 | 28,716 | 0.022 | 1.86 |
| 2010 | 128,131,400 | 128,105,431 | -51,938 | -0.041 | 1.83 |
| 2011 | 128,079,462 | 128,007,257 | -144,411 | -0.113 | 1.81 |
| 2012 | 127,935,051 | 127,853,688 | -162,727 | -0.127 | 1.79 |
| 2013 | 127,772,324 | 127,678,924 | -186,800 | -0.146 | 1.76 |
| 2014 | 127,585,524 | 127,476,735 | -217,578 | -0.171 | 1.74 |
| 2015 | 127,367,946 | 127,250,933 | -234,026 | -0.184 | 1.71 |
| 2016 | 127,133,920 | 126,993,857 | -280,125 | -0.221 | 1.69 |
| 2017 | 126,853,795 | 126,662,472 | -382,646 | -0.302 | 1.67 |
| 2018 | 126,471,149 | 126,255,866 | -430,566 | -0.341 | 1.64 |
| 2019 | 126,040,583 | 125,791,677 | -497,813 | -0.396 | 1.62 |
| 2020 | 125,542,770 | 125,244,761 | -596,019 | -0.476 | 1.60 |
| 2021 | 124,946,751 | 124,612,530 | -668,441 | -0.536 | 1.58 |