Population 123,366,734
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Japan 2025 · 123.37M
0 32.02M 64.04M 96.05M 128.07M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 93,216,000 1961: 94,055,000 1962: 94,933,000 1963: 95,900,000 1964: 96,903,000 1965: 97,952,000 1966: 98,851,000 1967: 99,879,000 1968: 101,011,000 1969: 102,219,000 1970: 103,403,000 1971: 105,697,000 1972: 107,188,000 1973: 108,707,000 1974: 110,162,000 1975: 111,573,000 1976: 112,775,000 1977: 113,872,000 1978: 114,913,000 1979: 115,890,000 1980: 116,807,000 1981: 117,661,000 1982: 118,480,000 1983: 119,307,000 1984: 120,083,000 1985: 120,837,000 1986: 121,482,000 1987: 122,069,000 1988: 122,578,000 1989: 123,069,000 1990: 123,478,000 1991: 123,964,000 1992: 124,425,000 1993: 124,829,000 1994: 125,178,000 1995: 125,472,000 1996: 125,757,000 1997: 126,057,000 1998: 126,400,000 1999: 126,631,000 2000: 126,843,000 2001: 127,149,000 2002: 127,445,000 2003: 127,718,000 2004: 127,761,000 2005: 127,773,000 2006: 127,854,000 2007: 128,001,000 2008: 128,063,000 2009: 128,047,000 2010: 128,070,000 2011: 127,833,000 2012: 127,629,000 2013: 127,445,000 2014: 127,276,000 2015: 127,141,000 2016: 127,076,000 2017: 126,972,000 2018: 126,811,000 2019: 126,633,000 2020: 126,261,000 2021: 125,681,593 2022: 125,124,989 2023: 124,516,650 2024: 123,975,371 2025: 123,366,734 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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