Japan vs Taiwan: Population growth rate

Japan

-0.5%

in 2023

Taiwan

-0.5%

in 2023

Japan rank

212th

Taiwan rank

209th

Population growth rate over time

Taiwan currently reports -0.5% against -0.5% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Taiwan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 212th and Taiwan ranks 209th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.