| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
| Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Japan is projected at 126.05 million, down by 0.34% compared with 126.48 million in 2020. Japan is ranked 11th in terms of population and 221st in terms of population growth rate.
There are 0.89 million births in Japan in 2021. That is 2,451 per day, which is ranked 34th. The crude birth rate is 7.1 per 1000 people. There are 1.41 million deaths in Japan in 2021. That is 3,852 per day, which is ranked 9th. The crude death rate is 11.16 per 1000 people.
115.85 million people are living in urban areas, which is 91.87% of Japan population. Japan is ranked 29th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Japan in 2021 is 95.38 males per 100 females. There are 61.53 million males and 64.52 million females in Japan. The percentage of female population is 51.18% compare to 48.82% male population. Japan has 2.98 million more females than males. Japan is at 44th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 82,802,084 | - |
| 1955 | 89,018,255 | 1.18 |
| 1960 | 93,673,612 | 0.96 |
| 1965 | 98,447,007 | 1.1 |
| 1970 | 104,929,260 | 1.38 |
| 1975 | 112,413,362 | 1.25 |
| 1980 | 117,816,942 | 0.81 |
| 1985 | 121,883,483 | 0.57 |
| 1990 | 124,505,243 | 0.36 |
| 1995 | 126,365,486 | 0.25 |
| 2000 | 127,524,168 | 0.16 |
| 2005 | 128,326,115 | 0.1 |
| 2010 | 128,542,349 | -0.01 |
| 2015 | 127,985,139 | -0.14 |
| 2016 | 127,763,267 | -0.17 |
| 2017 | 127,502,728 | -0.2 |
| 2018 | 127,202,190 | -0.24 |
| 2019 | 126,860,299 | -0.27 |
| 2020 | 126,476,458 | -0.3 |
| 2021 | 126,050,796 | -0.34 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 821,137 | 2,264,603 | 9.79 | 26.89 |
| 1955 | 740,783 | 1,785,330 | 8.35 | 20.16 |
| 1960 | 700,637 | 1,633,665 | 7.47 | 17.41 |
| 1965 | 690,580 | 1,735,259 | 7.00 | 17.57 |
| 1970 | 695,334 | 1,972,973 | 6.61 | 18.73 |
| 1975 | 699,288 | 1,930,941 | 6.24 | 17.27 |
| 1980 | 714,264 | 1,630,246 | 6.07 | 13.84 |
| 1985 | 753,060 | 1,444,948 | 6.19 | 11.87 |
| 1990 | 823,371 | 1,288,452 | 6.62 | 10.35 |
| 1995 | 909,453 | 1,209,365 | 7.20 | 9.57 |
| 2000 | 974,047 | 1,165,679 | 7.64 | 9.14 |
| 2005 | 1,063,349 | 1,124,667 | 8.29 | 8.77 |
| 2010 | 1,197,027 | 1,103,282 | 9.32 | 8.59 |
| 2015 | 1,295,037 | 1,018,325 | 10.12 | 7.96 |
| 2020 | 1,382,991 | 908,919 | 10.94 | 7.19 |
| 2021 | 1,406,016 | 894,582 | 11.16 | 7.10 |
| Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
| 1950 | 44,218,134 | 38,583,950 | - | 53.402 |
| 1955 | 52,005,319 | 37,012,938 | 2.93 | 58.421 |
| 1960 | 59,269,408 | 34,404,207 | 2.51 | 63.272 |
| 1965 | 66,812,422 | 31,634,580 | 2.45 | 67.866 |
| 1970 | 75,417,163 | 29,508,482 | 2.49 | 71.877 |
| 1975 | 85,121,987 | 27,301,068 | 2.25 | 75.716 |
| 1980 | 89,755,553 | 28,071,802 | 0.89 | 76.175 |
| 1985 | 93,507,944 | 28,386,094 | 0.72 | 76.712 |
| 1990 | 96,298,507 | 28,217,054 | 0.52 | 77.339 |
| 1995 | 98,593,178 | 27,782,288 | 0.42 | 78.016 |
| 2000 | 100,303,716 | 27,230,218 | 0.32 | 78.649 |
| 2005 | 110,340,709 | 17,995,058 | 1.68 | 85.978 |
| 2010 | 116,741,034 | 11,810,839 | 0.90 | 90.812 |
| 2015 | 116,944,428 | 11,030,530 | -0.06 | 91.381 |
| 2020 | 116,099,672 | 10,395,975 | -0.19 | 91.782 |
| 2021 | 115,853,245 | 10,256,230 | -0.21 | 91.867 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 2,371,478 | 2,246,941 | 4,618,419 | 3.66 | 105.543 |
| 05-09 | 2,735,920 | 2,592,847 | 5,328,767 | 4.23 | 105.518 |
| 10-14 | 2,852,012 | 2,703,576 | 5,555,588 | 4.41 | 105.490 |
| 15-19 | 2,910,288 | 2,760,707 | 5,670,995 | 4.50 | 105.418 |
| 20-24 | 3,055,583 | 2,902,711 | 5,958,294 | 4.73 | 105.267 |
| 25-29 | 3,126,557 | 2,975,407 | 6,101,964 | 4.84 | 105.080 |
| 30-34 | 3,403,747 | 3,246,252 | 6,649,999 | 5.28 | 104.852 |
| 35-39 | 3,838,958 | 3,669,195 | 7,508,153 | 5.96 | 104.627 |
| 40-44 | 4,183,095 | 4,039,898 | 8,222,993 | 6.52 | 103.545 |
| 45-49 | 5,031,371 | 4,860,865 | 9,892,236 | 7.85 | 103.508 |
| 50-54 | 4,512,628 | 4,433,053 | 8,945,681 | 7.10 | 101.795 |
| 55-59 | 4,012,836 | 3,973,843 | 7,986,679 | 6.34 | 100.981 |
| 60-64 | 3,704,016 | 3,732,011 | 7,436,027 | 5.90 | 99.250 |
| 65-69 | 3,956,396 | 4,127,682 | 8,084,078 | 6.41 | 95.850 |
| 70-74 | 4,290,099 | 4,777,644 | 9,067,743 | 7.19 | 89.795 |
| 75-79 | 3,294,396 | 4,039,080 | 7,333,476 | 5.82 | 81.563 |
| 80-84 | 2,253,756 | 3,170,067 | 5,423,823 | 4.30 | 71.095 |
| 85-89 | 1,329,000 | 2,373,054 | 3,702,054 | 2.94 | 56.004 |
| 90-94 | 549,100 | 1,356,696 | 1,905,796 | 1.51 | 40.473 |
| 95-99 | 112,934 | 459,914 | 572,848 | 0.45 | 24.555 |
| 100+ | 10,393 | 74,790 | 85,183 | 0.07 | 13.896 |
| Total | 61,534,563 | 64,516,233 | 126,050,796 | 95.378 | |