Population of Japan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	28 Feb 2026

Japan Population (LIVE)

122,657,327

PEOPLE

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As of March 02, 2026, Japan’s population is estimated at 122,657,914, based on linear interpolation between the most recent official reference dates in the United Nations population projections.

As of July 1, 2026, the population of Japan is projected at 122,427,731, or 122.43 million, compared to 123,103,479, or 123.10 million, on July 1, 2025.

Japan is the sixth-most populous country in Asia and is in the 12th position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Japan population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	85,696,541	86,443,277	1,493,471	1.728	3.47
1951	87,190,012	87,849,926	1,319,828	1.502	3.46
1952	88,509,840	89,135,132	1,250,583	1.403	3.45
1953	89,760,423	90,324,184	1,127,522	1.248	3.43
1954	90,887,945	91,407,673	1,039,455	1.137	3.40
1955	91,927,400	92,425,478	996,156	1.078	3.37
1956	92,923,556	93,342,008	836,903	0.897	3.34
1957	93,760,459	94,108,977	697,035	0.741	3.30
1958	94,457,494	94,846,957	778,925	0.821	3.26
1959	95,236,419	95,622,978	773,118	0.809	3.22
1960	96,009,537	96,399,754	780,433	0.810	3.20
1961	96,789,970	97,217,594	855,247	0.880	3.17
1962	97,645,217	98,076,405	862,377	0.879	3.14
1963	98,507,594	98,958,231	901,274	0.911	3.10
1964	99,408,868	99,890,178	962,620	0.964	3.06
1965	100,371,488	100,916,019	1,089,063	1.079	3.03
1966	101,460,551	101,887,835	854,568	0.839	2.99
1967	102,315,119	102,965,527	1,300,817	1.263	2.96
1968	103,615,936	104,237,471	1,243,070	1.193	2.94
1969	104,859,006	105,475,170	1,232,327	1.168	2.91
1970	106,091,333	106,712,368	1,242,070	1.164	2.89
1971	107,333,403	107,952,030	1,237,253	1.146	2.86
1972	108,570,656	109,238,955	1,336,598	1.224	2.84
1973	109,907,254	110,614,736	1,414,965	1.279	2.82
1974	111,322,219	112,009,694	1,374,950	1.228	2.80
1975	112,697,169	113,321,196	1,248,054	1.101	2.78
1976	113,945,223	114,502,795	1,115,145	0.974	2.76
1977	115,060,368	115,574,277	1,027,818	0.889	2.74
1978	116,088,186	116,576,944	977,517	0.839	2.72
1979	117,065,703	117,521,556	911,706	0.776	2.69
1980	117,977,409	118,358,756	762,694	0.644	2.66
1981	118,740,103	118,994,053	507,901	0.427	2.63
1982	119,248,004	119,485,775	475,542	0.398	2.59
1983	119,723,546	119,948,947	450,801	0.376	2.55
1984	120,174,347	120,384,394	420,094	0.349	2.52
1985	120,594,441	120,832,163	475,445	0.393	2.48
1986	121,069,886	121,366,735	593,697	0.489	2.45
1987	121,663,583	121,943,587	560,008	0.459	2.41
1988	122,223,591	122,476,952	506,723	0.414	2.38
1989	122,730,314	122,947,413	434,198	0.353	2.35
1990	123,164,512	123,399,765	470,505	0.381	2.32
1991	123,635,017	123,889,871	509,707	0.411	2.29
1992	124,144,724	124,383,708	477,967	0.384	2.26
1993	124,622,691	124,839,958	434,534	0.348	2.23
1994	125,057,225	125,286,860	459,271	0.367	2.21
1995	125,516,496	125,672,665	312,338	0.249	2.18
1996	125,828,834	125,975,302	292,936	0.233	2.16
1997	126,121,770	126,265,929	288,318	0.228	2.13
1998	126,410,088	126,549,181	278,186	0.220	2.11
1999	126,688,274	126,801,564	226,580	0.179	2.08
2000	126,914,854	127,027,789	225,870	0.178	2.06
2001	127,140,724	127,260,148	238,848	0.188	2.03
2002	127,379,572	127,484,598	210,052	0.165	2.01
2003	127,589,624	127,671,251	163,255	0.128	1.99
2004	127,752,879	127,815,774	125,790	0.098	1.97
2005	127,878,669	127,913,330	69,323	0.054	1.94
2006	127,947,992	127,997,247	98,511	0.077	1.92
2007	128,046,503	128,087,682	82,358	0.064	1.90
2008	128,128,861	128,155,990	54,258	0.042	1.87
2009	128,183,119	128,192,470	18,701	0.015	1.85
2010	128,201,820	128,185,275	-33,090	-0.026	1.83
2011	128,168,730	128,096,432	-144,595	-0.113	1.80
2012	128,024,135	127,928,285	-191,700	-0.150	1.78
2013	127,832,435	127,723,645	-217,579	-0.170	1.75
2014	127,614,856	127,486,605	-256,503	-0.201	1.73
2015	127,358,353	127,275,872	-164,961	-0.130	1.70
2016	127,193,392	127,159,951	-66,882	-0.053	1.68
2017	127,126,510	127,064,690	-123,640	-0.097	1.66
2018	127,002,870	126,913,432	-178,875	-0.141	1.64
2019	126,823,995	126,699,424	-249,143	-0.197	1.62
2020	126,574,852	126,304,543	-540,618	-0.428	1.60
2021	126,034,234	125,679,338	-709,792	-0.565	1.58
2022	125,324,442	124,997,578	-653,728	-0.523	1.56
2023	124,670,714	124,370,947	-599,535	-0.482	1.54

Japan population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	124,071,179	123,753,041	-636,276	-0.514	1.52
2025	123,434,903	123,103,479	-662,848	-0.538	1.50
2026	122,772,055	122,427,731	-688,648	-0.562	1.47
2027	122,083,407	121,732,341	-702,133	-0.577	1.45
2028	121,381,274	121,024,348	-713,852	-0.590	1.43
2029	120,667,422	120,308,089	-718,666	-0.597	1.41
2030	119,948,756	119,584,121	-729,269	-0.610	1.40
2031	119,219,487	118,852,085	-734,804	-0.618	1.38
2032	118,484,683	118,114,140	-741,085	-0.627	1.36
2033	117,743,598	117,372,474	-742,248	-0.632	1.34
2034	117,001,350	116,626,751	-749,198	-0.642	1.32
2035	116,252,152	115,876,149	-752,006	-0.649	1.30
2036	115,500,146	115,125,565	-749,161	-0.651	1.29
2037	114,750,985	114,377,401	-747,168	-0.653	1.27
2038	114,003,817	113,633,614	-740,406	-0.652	1.25
2039	113,263,411	112,894,531	-737,759	-0.653	1.24
2040	112,525,652	112,158,303	-734,697	-0.655	1.22
2041	111,790,955	111,422,443	-737,024	-0.661	1.21
2042	111,053,931	110,692,357	-723,147	-0.653	1.19
2043	110,330,784	109,972,381	-716,806	-0.652	1.18
2044	109,613,978	109,259,529	-708,899	-0.649	1.16
2045	108,905,079	108,551,995	-706,169	-0.651	1.15
2046	108,198,910	107,850,580	-696,659	-0.646	1.14
2047	107,502,251	107,157,970	-688,562	-0.643	1.12
2048	106,813,689	106,474,329	-678,720	-0.637	1.11
2049	106,134,969	105,796,844	-676,250	-0.639	1.10
2050	105,458,719	105,123,167	-671,103	-0.638	1.09
2051	104,787,616	104,452,458	-670,315	-0.642	1.08
2052	104,117,301	103,778,130	-678,342	-0.654	1.07
2053	103,438,959	103,100,887	-676,143	-0.656	1.05
2054	102,762,816	102,415,685	-694,262	-0.678	1.04
2055	102,068,554	101,721,352	-694,404	-0.683	1.03
2056	101,374,150	101,018,742	-710,816	-0.704	1.02
2057	100,663,334	100,304,740	-717,187	-0.715	1.01
2058	99,946,147	99,583,491	-725,312	-0.728	1.00
2059	99,220,835	98,848,887	-743,896	-0.753	0.99
2060	98,476,939	98,103,219	-747,441	-0.762	0.98
2061	97,729,498	97,353,646	-751,704	-0.772	0.97
2062	96,977,794	96,600,090	-755,409	-0.782	0.96
2063	96,222,385	95,843,769	-757,233	-0.790	0.95
2064	95,465,152	95,085,857	-758,589	-0.798	0.94
2065	94,706,563	94,324,173	-764,780	-0.811	0.93
2066	93,941,783	93,563,620	-756,326	-0.808	0.92
2067	93,185,457	92,812,404	-746,106	-0.804	0.92
2068	92,439,351	92,067,791	-743,121	-0.807	0.91
2069	91,696,230	91,332,807	-726,847	-0.796	0.90
2070	90,969,383	90,611,771	-715,224	-0.789	0.89
2071	90,254,159	89,911,340	-685,638	-0.763	0.88
2072	89,568,521	89,235,968	-665,106	-0.745	0.87
2073	88,903,415	88,580,981	-644,869	-0.728	0.87
2074	88,258,546	87,952,001	-613,089	-0.697	0.86
2075	87,645,457	87,352,846	-585,221	-0.670	0.85
2076	87,060,236	86,780,662	-559,148	-0.644	0.85
2077	86,501,088	86,232,702	-536,772	-0.622	0.84
2078	85,964,316	85,708,776	-511,081	-0.596	0.83
2079	85,453,235	85,209,307	-487,856	-0.573	0.83
2080	84,965,379	84,729,966	-470,827	-0.556	0.82
2081	84,494,552	84,269,889	-449,327	-0.533	0.82
2082	84,045,225	83,826,897	-436,656	-0.521	0.81
2083	83,608,569	83,397,932	-421,273	-0.505	0.81
2084	83,187,296	82,980,374	-413,844	-0.499	0.81
2085	82,773,452	82,570,777	-405,350	-0.491	0.80
2086	82,368,102	82,169,887	-396,430	-0.482	0.80
2087	81,971,672	81,778,184	-386,976	-0.473	0.80
2088	81,584,696	81,393,977	-381,437	-0.469	0.79
2089	81,203,259	81,013,197	-380,123	-0.469	0.79
2090	80,823,136	80,634,393	-377,486	-0.468	0.79
2091	80,445,650	80,257,724	-375,852	-0.468	0.78
2092	80,069,798	79,879,696	-380,204	-0.476	0.78
2093	79,689,594	79,500,582	-378,024	-0.475	0.78
2094	79,311,570	79,123,885	-375,370	-0.474	0.77
2095	78,936,200	78,747,739	-376,922	-0.479	0.77
2096	78,559,278	78,369,011	-380,533	-0.486	0.77
2097	78,178,745	77,990,635	-376,220	-0.482	0.76
2098	77,802,525	77,612,885	-379,280	-0.489	0.76
2099	77,423,245	77,230,867	-384,757	-0.498	0.76
2100	77,038,488	76,845,989	-384,998	-0.501	0.75