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Japan — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2031 · 232 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

Japan's population reading was 123.17M people in 2025. The period change from 123.80M people in 2024 was −0.51%.

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  • Annual data, 1800–2031
  • Monthly data, 2010–2026
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Latest observations

2000–2031

PeriodValue
2031119.42M people
2030120.16M people
2029120.16M people
2028121.16M people
2027122.17M people
15 earlier values
2026122.17M people
2025123.17M people
2024123.80M people
2023124.35M people
2022124.95M people
2021125.50M people
2020125.71M people
2019126.17M people
2018126.44M people
2017126.71M people
2016126.93M people
2015127.11M people
2014127.26M people
2013127.33M people
2012127.55M people

Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.