Demographics of Japan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	01 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of Japan is projected at 123.10 million, compared to 123.75 million in 2024. It is the sixth-most populous country in Asia and ranks 12th in the world. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at -0.54 percent, the 201th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 60.02 million males and 63.08 million females in Japan. The percentage of the male population is 48.76%, compared to 51.24% of the female population. Japan has 3.06 million more females than malesthe 4th highest in the world after Russia, Mexico, and Brazil. The sex ratio in Japan in 2025 will be 95.153 males per 100 females. Japan is in the 61st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

114.98 million people are living in urban areas, which is 92.13% of Japan's population. Japan is ranked 31st in terms of urbanization.

Japan population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	41,775,380	44,667,896	86,443,277	1.73	93.524
1955	44,844,459	47,581,019	92,425,478	1.08	94.249
1960	46,852,994	49,546,760	96,399,754	0.81	94.563
1965	49,237,465	51,678,554	100,916,019	1.08	95.276
1970	52,353,779	54,358,588	106,712,368	1.16	96.312
1975	55,900,615	57,420,582	113,321,196	1.10	97.353
1980	58,457,797	59,900,959	118,358,756	0.64	97.591
1985	59,664,403	61,167,760	120,832,163	0.39	97.542
1990	60,899,138	62,500,626	123,399,765	0.38	97.438
1995	61,926,269	63,746,396	125,672,665	0.25	97.145
2000	62,477,071	64,550,719	127,027,789	0.18	96.788
2005	62,743,999	65,169,332	127,913,330	0.05	96.278
2010	62,706,099	65,479,177	128,185,275	-0.03	95.765
2015	62,204,439	65,071,433	127,275,872	-0.13	95.594
2020	61,704,209	64,600,334	126,304,543	-0.43	95.517
2021	61,379,113	64,300,226	125,679,338	-0.56	95.457
2022	61,026,469	63,971,109	124,997,578	-0.52	95.397
2023	60,699,976	63,670,971	124,370,947	-0.48	95.334
2024	60,371,559	63,381,482	123,753,041	-0.51	95.251
2025	60,023,116	63,080,363	123,103,479	-0.54	95.153

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	59.255	21.311	3.615
1955	65.712	22.732	2.349
1960	67.718	24.734	1.981
1965	70.257	26.560	2.089
1970	72.007	28.253	2.035
1975	74.357	29.658	1.921
1980	76.141	31.695	1.739
1985	77.799	34.468	1.736
1990	78.993	36.872	1.509
1995	79.684	38.992	1.407
2000	81.179	40.752	1.346
2005	82.007	42.554	1.245
2010	82.916	44.240	1.357
2015	83.883	45.845	1.415
2020	84.670	47.674	1.304
2021	84.550	48.123	1.275
2022	84.054	48.548	1.256
2023	84.712	48.958	1.208
2024	84.852	49.383	1.217
2025	85.001	49.792	1.225

Total
Crude

Japan death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	943,057	2,461,534	10.910	28.476
1955	726,268	1,818,391	7.858	19.674
1960	740,747	1,671,547	7.684	17.340
1965	730,439	1,870,176	7.238	18.532
1970	743,914	1,952,254	6.971	18.295
1975	723,562	1,971,513	6.385	17.398
1980	741,742	1,596,738	6.267	13.491
1985	773,776	1,390,552	6.404	11.508
1990	830,980	1,176,898	6.734	9.537
1995	948,966	1,173,598	7.551	9.339
2000	994,661	1,197,065	7.830	9.424
2005	1,122,516	1,078,811	8.776	8.434
2010	1,235,559	1,070,600	9.639	8.352
2015	1,328,705	994,851	10.440	7.816
2020	1,423,305	840,688	11.269	6.656
2021	1,485,405	810,611	11.819	6.450
2022	1,615,301	786,576	12.923	6.293
2023	1,524,430	749,884	12.257	6.029
2024	1,540,205	750,570	12.446	6.065
2025	1,551,590	748,163	12.604	6.078

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Japan

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	44,218,134	38,583,950	53.402
1955	52,005,319	37,012,938	58.421
1960	59,269,408	34,404,207	63.272
1965	66,812,422	31,634,580	67.866
1970	75,417,163	29,508,482	71.877
1975	85,121,987	27,301,068	75.716
1980	89,755,553	28,071,802	76.175
1985	93,507,944	28,386,094	76.712
1990	96,298,507	28,217,054	77.339
1995	98,593,178	27,782,288	78.016
2000	100,303,716	27,230,218	78.649
2005	110,340,709	17,995,058	85.978
2010	116,741,034	11,810,839	90.812
2015	116,944,428	11,030,530	91.381
2020	116,099,672	10,395,975	91.782
2021	115,853,245	10,256,230	91.867
2022	115,583,843	10,112,920	91.955
2023	115,292,289	9,966,311	92.043
2024	114,979,260	9,816,656	92.134

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Japan population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,006,359	1,913,601	3,919,960	3.18	104.847
05-09	2,386,639	2,268,186	4,654,825	3.78	105.222
10-14	2,703,440	2,556,634	5,260,074	4.27	105.742
15-19	2,906,124	2,752,075	5,658,199	4.60	105.598
20-24	3,139,335	2,988,568	6,127,903	4.98	105.045
25-29	3,115,360	2,994,590	6,109,949	4.96	104.033
30-34	3,083,669	2,963,715	6,047,383	4.91	104.047
35-39	3,302,972	3,185,546	6,488,518	5.27	103.686
40-44	3,683,890	3,606,668	7,290,558	5.92	102.141
45-49	4,266,615	4,200,167	8,466,782	6.88	101.582
50-54	4,999,536	4,923,295	9,922,831	8.06	101.549
55-59	4,312,493	4,212,794	8,525,288	6.93	102.367
60-64	3,877,372	3,830,061	7,707,433	6.26	101.235
65-69	3,591,262	3,670,177	7,261,438	5.90	97.850
70-74	3,762,420	4,071,228	7,833,648	6.36	92.415
75-79	3,966,078	4,726,923	8,693,002	7.06	83.904
80-84	2,556,878	3,468,137	6,025,016	4.89	73.725
85-89	1,553,211	2,585,797	4,139,008	3.36	60.067
90-94	649,106	1,536,459	2,185,565	1.78	42.247
95-99	142,608	520,162	662,770	0.54	27.416
100+	17,749	105,581	123,329	0.10	16.811
Total	60,023,116	63,080,364	123,103,479		95.153