Japan Population

• The current population of Japan is 127,189,084 as of Tuesday, June 26, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• Japan population is equivalent to 1.67% of the total world population.
• Japan ranks number 11 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in Japan is 349 per Km2 (904 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 364,555 Km2 (140,755 sq. miles)
• 93.8 % of the population is urban (119,327,813 people in 2018)
• The median age in Japan is 46.7 years.

Population of Japan (2018 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
2018	127,185,332	-0.23 %	-299,118	50,000	46.7	1.42	349	93.7 %	119,327,813	1.67 %	7,632,819,325	11
2017	127,484,450	-0.21 %	-264,063	50,000	46.7	1.42	350	93.5 %	119,160,931	1.69 %	7,550,262,101	11
2016	127,748,513	-0.18 %	-226,445	50,000	46.7	1.42	350	93.1 %	118,911,665	1.71 %	7,466,964,280	10
2015	127,974,958	-0.09 %	-115,383	71,627	46.3	1.41	351	92.7 %	118,572,468	1.73 %	7,383,008,820	10
2010	128,551,873	0.03 %	43,221	55,516	44.7	1.34	353	89.7 %	115,282,491	1.85 %	6,958,169,159	10
2005	128,335,767	0.13 %	160,367	32,840	43.0	1.30	352	85.1 %	109,173,975	1.96 %	6,542,159,383	10
2000	127,533,934	0.18 %	231,694	-20,067	41.2	1.37	350	77.5 %	98,872,893	2.08 %	6,145,006,989	9
1995	126,375,466	0.30 %	371,981	9,257	39.4	1.48	347	76.8 %	97,116,988	2.20 %	5,751,474,416	7
1990	124,515,561	0.43 %	524,305	-59,668	37.3	1.65	342	75.9 %	94,545,802	2.34 %	5,330,943,460	7
1985	121,894,038	0.68 %	813,337	10,000	35.0	1.76	334	75.5 %	92,046,283	2.50 %	4,873,781,796	7
1980	117,827,355	0.94 %	1,080,860	41,001	32.6	1.83	323	74.9 %	88,296,602	2.64 %	4,458,411,534	7
1975	112,423,055	1.39 %	1,499,482	145,519	30.3	2.13	308	74.6 %	83,896,500	2.76 %	4,079,087,198	6
1970	104,925,645	1.28 %	1,295,729	163,844	28.8	2.04	288	71.0 %	74,541,626	2.84 %	3,700,577,650	6
1965	98,447,002	1.00 %	954,677	0	23.6	2.96	270	67.1 %	66,062,396	2.95 %	3,339,592,688	5
1960	93,673,615	1.02 %	931,072	-20,000	25.4	2.17	257	62.5 %	58,527,313	3.09 %	3,033,212,527	5
1955	89,018,257	1.46 %	1,243,235	0	23.6	2.96	244	58.0 %	51,638,281	3.21 %	2,772,242,535

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
2020	126,495,647	-0.23 %	-295,862	50,000	48.2	1.48	347	94.4 %	119,444,444	1.62 %	7,795,482,309	11
2025	124,309,808	-0.35 %	-437,168	50,000	50.2	1.53	341	95.5 %	118,715,243	1.52 %	8,185,613,757	12
2030	121,580,505	-0.44 %	-545,861	50,000	51.5	1.58	334	96.2 %	116,917,699	1.42 %	8,551,198,644	13
2035	118,499,790	-0.51 %	-616,143	50,000	52.5	1.62	325	96.6 %	114,422,798	1.33 %	8,892,701,940	15
2040	115,212,067	-0.56 %	-657,545	50,000	53.1	1.65	316	96.8 %	111,531,927	1.25 %	9,210,337,004	15
2045	111,923,238	-0.58 %	-657,766	50,000	53.2	1.68	307	97.0 %	108,602,453	1.18 %	9,504,209,572	17
2050	108,794,446	-0.57 %	-625,758	50,000	53.2	1.70	298	97.2 %	105,783,802	1.11 %	9,771,822,753	17