Japan Population (2024) - Worldometer (2024)

The current population of Japan is 123,615,650 as of Monday, September 16, 2024, based on Worldometer's elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Japan 2024 population is estimated at 123,753,041 people at mid year.
Japan population is equivalent to 1.52% of the total world population.
Japan ranks number 12 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Japan is 339 per Km² (879 people per mi²).
The total land area is 364,555 Km2 (140,755 sq. miles).
92.9 % of the population is urban (114,979,260 people in 2024).
The median age in Japan is 49.4 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Japan (2024 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Japan Global Rank
2024	123,753,041	-0.50 %	-617,906	153,357	49.4	1.22	339	92.9 %	114,979,260	1.52 %	8,161,972,572	12
2023	124,370,947	-0.50 %	-626,631	175,003	49.0	1.21	341	92.7 %	115,292,289	1.54 %	8,091,734,930	12
2022	124,997,578	-0.54 %	-681,760	175,003	48.5	1.26	343	92.5 %	115,583,843	1.56 %	8,021,407,192	12
2020	126,304,543	-0.31 %	-394,881	42,001	47.7	1.30	346	91.9 %	116,099,672	1.60 %	7,887,001,292	11
2015	127,275,872	-0.14 %	-181,881	168,896	45.8	1.42	349	91.9 %	116,944,428	1.70 %	7,470,491,872	10
2010	128,185,275	0.04 %	54,389	131,860	44.2	1.36	352	91.1 %	116,741,034	1.83 %	7,021,732,148	10
2005	127,913,330	0.14 %	177,108	113,017	42.6	1.25	351	86.3 %	110,340,709	1.94 %	6,586,970,132	10
2000	127,027,789	0.21 %	271,025	23,468	40.8	1.35	348	79.0 %	100,303,716	2.06 %	6,171,702,993	9
1995	125,672,665	0.37 %	454,580	87,714	39.0	1.41	345	78.5 %	98,593,178	2.18 %	5,758,878,982	8
1990	123,399,765	0.42 %	513,520	124,582	36.9	1.51	338	78.0 %	96,298,507	2.32 %	5,327,803,110	7
1985	120,832,163	0.41 %	494,681	-141,323	34.5	1.74	331	77.4 %	93,507,944	2.48 %	4,868,943,465	7
1980	118,358,756	0.87 %	1,007,512	-92,314	31.7	1.74	325	75.8 %	89,755,553	2.66 %	4,447,606,236	7
1975	113,321,196	1.21 %	1,321,766	107	29.7	1.92	311	75.1 %	85,121,987	2.78 %	4,070,735,277	6
1970	106,712,368	1.12 %	1,159,270	33,731	28.3	2.04	293	70.7 %	75,417,163	2.89 %	3,694,683,794	6
1965	100,916,019	0.92 %	903,253	-50,667	26.6	2.09	277	66.2 %	66,812,422	3.03 %	3,334,533,703	5
1960	96,399,754	0.85 %	794,855	-150,371	24.7	1.98	264	61.5 %	59,269,408	3.20 %	3,015,470,894	5
1955	92,425,478	1.35 %	1,196,440	-95,975	22.7	2.35	254	56.3 %	52,005,319	3.37 %	2,740,213,792	5

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Japan Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Japan Global Rank
2025	123,103,479	-0.51 %	-640,213	140,579	49.8	1.23	338	93.1 %	114,645,589	1.50 %	8,231,613,070	12
2030	119,584,121	-0.58 %	-703,872	123,993	51.5	1.26	328	94.3 %	112,710,068	1.40 %	8,569,124,911	15
2035	115,876,149	-0.63 %	-741,594	116,871	52.5	1.29	318	95.3 %	110,450,118	1.30 %	8,885,210,181	15
2040	112,158,303	-0.65 %	-743,569	118,186	53.1	1.31	308	96.3 %	107,981,843	1.22 %	9,177,190,203	15
2045	108,551,995	-0.65 %	-721,262	113,424	53.0	1.33	298	97.2 %	105,471,938	1.15 %	9,439,639,668	17
2050	105,123,167	-0.64 %	-685,766		52.8	1.35	288	98.0 %	103,038,909	1.09 %	9,664,378,587	17

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Main Cities by Population in Japan

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)

#	CITY NAME	POPULATION
1	Tokyo	8,336,599
2	Yokohama	3,761,630
3	Osaka	2,753,862
4	Nagoya	2,191,279
5	Sapporo	1,973,832
6	f*ckuoka	1,603,543
7	Kawasaki	1,531,646
8	Kobe	1,522,188
9	Kyoto	1,463,723
10	Saitama	1,324,854
11	Hiroshima	1,199,391
12	Sendai	1,096,704
13	Chiba	979,768
14	Kitakyushu	940,978
15	Niigata	797,591
16	Hamamatsu	791,707
17	Sakai	782,339
18	Kumamoto	738,907
19	Okayama	720,841
20	Sagamihara	720,780
21	Shizuoka	690,881
22	Honcho	644,668
23	Kawaguchi	607,373
24	Kagoshima	595,049
25	Hachioji	561,344
26	Himeji	525,682
27	Matsuyama	509,835
28	Matsudo	498,575
29	Higashi-osaka	489,077
30	Kurashiki	483,576
31	Oita	477,715
32	Nishinomiya-hama	468,925
33	f*ckuyama	468,812
34	Kanazawa	466,029
35	Utsunomiya	449,865
36	Amagasaki	442,173
37	Fujisawa	439,728
38	Kashiwa	433,436
39	Toyota	426,162
40	Takamatsu	418,994
41	Toyama	415,844
42	Yokosuka	409,478
43	Nagasaki	407,624
44	Hirakata	406,331
45	Gifu-shi	400,118
46	Machida	399,969
47	Miyazaki	398,215
48	Toyonaka	384,459
49	Ichinomiya	379,654
50	Toyohashi	377,453
51	Minato	375,339
52	Takasaki	372,369
53	Nara-shi	367,353
54	Nagano	360,176
55	Iwaki	357,309
56	Takatsuki	354,468
57	Okazaki	352,361
58	Suita	351,630
59	Wakayama	351,000
60	Koshigaya	345,353
61	Nakano	344,880
62	Tokorozawa	344,194
63	Otsu	343,991
64	Kawagoe	337,931
65	Asahikawa	333,530
66	Kochi	332,059
67	Koriyama	322,996
68	Naha	317,405
69	Akita	305,625
70	Kurume	303,579

Notes

The Japan Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Japan delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Japan (1950 - 2023) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2023.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2023. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming hom*ogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2023: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming hom*ogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2023: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country's Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Japan in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.