Japan Population

Japan in a global context

With about 123,294,513 people, Japan is home to roughly 1.53% of the world's population and ranks #11 among the countries on this list. Its population density of 326/km² is about 5.3 times the world average of 62 people per km², across a total area of 377,975 km².

Growth trend

Japan's population is shrinking at -0.53% per year, a loss of roughly 653,461 people annually. If that rate held steady, the population would fall to about 116,913,572 in ten years. Declines like this usually reflect fertility below the replacement level of about 2.1 children per woman. Real growth rarely stays constant, so treat these figures as a simple projection rather than a forecast.

Compared with nearby countries in the ranking