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Japan: Population, total

123.37Mpeople · 2025-3.0% since 2015

Total population. Annual figures for Japan from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025123,366,734
2024123,975,371
2023124,516,650
2022125,124,989
2021125,681,593
2020126,261,000
2019126,633,000
2018126,811,000
2017126,972,000
2016127,076,000
2015127,141,000
2014127,276,000
2013127,445,000
2012127,629,000
2011127,833,000
2010128,070,000
2009128,047,000
2008128,063,000
2007128,001,000
2006127,854,000
2005127,773,000
2004127,761,000
2003127,718,000
2002127,445,000
2001127,149,000
2000126,843,000
1999126,631,000
1998126,400,000
1997126,057,000
1996125,757,000
1995125,472,000
1994125,178,000
1993124,829,000
1992124,425,000
1991123,964,000
1990123,478,000
1989123,069,000
1988122,578,000
1987122,069,000
1986121,482,000
1985120,837,000
1984120,083,000
1983119,307,000
1982118,480,000
1981117,661,000
1980116,807,000
1979115,890,000
1978114,913,000
1977113,872,000
1976112,775,000
1975111,573,000
1974110,162,000
1973108,707,000
1972107,188,000
1971105,697,000
1970103,403,000
1969102,219,000
1968101,011,000
196799,879,000
196698,851,000
196597,952,000
196496,903,000
196395,900,000
196294,933,000
196194,055,000
196093,216,000

Source

Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Population, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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