What is population, total in Japan?

Population, total in Japan was 123.37 million in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).

What is the highest population, total recorded in Japan?

The highest recorded value was 128.07 million in 2010.

What is the lowest population, total recorded in Japan?

The lowest recorded value was 93.22 million in 1960.

How does Japan rank for population, total?

Japan ranks 12th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.

Is population, total rising or falling in Japan?

Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Japan data come from?

The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Population, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, total in Japan

Name: Population, total in Japan
Creator: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Japan: Population, total was 123.37 million in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

123.37 million

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

12th

of 215 countries

All-time high

128.07 million

in 2010

All-time low

93.22 million

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2025

Population, total in Japan, 1960–2025

Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).

Analysis

In 2025, population, total in Japan stood at 123.37 million.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, total in Japan peaked at 128.07 million in 2010 and was at its lowest, 93.22 million, in 1960.

Japan ranks 12th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	97.49 million	93.22 million	102.22 million	10
1970s	110.42 million	103.40 million	115.89 million	10
1980s	120.24 million	116.81 million	123.07 million	10
1990s	125.22 million	123.48 million	126.63 million	10
2000s	127.67 million	126.84 million	128.06 million	10
2010s	127.29 million	126.63 million	128.07 million	10
2020s	124.82 million	123.37 million	126.26 million	6

Countries ranked near Japan

9 Russia 143.51 million compare
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11 Mexico 131.95 million compare
13 Egypt 118.37 million compare
14 Philippines 116.79 million compare
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 112.83 million compare

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More climate change data for Japan

Population growth -0.5% (2025)
Urban population growth -0.4% (2025)
Urban population 113.87 million (2025)
Urban population 92.3% (2025)
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 65.6% (2025)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 79.7 billion cubic meters (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 18.5% (2022)
Terrestrial protected areas 29.7% (2025)
Terrestrial and marine protected areas 15.1% (2025)
Marine protected areas 13.8% (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is population, total in Japan?: Population, total in Japan was 123.37 million in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
What is the highest population, total recorded in Japan?: The highest recorded value was 128.07 million in 2010.
What is the lowest population, total recorded in Japan?: The lowest recorded value was 93.22 million in 1960.
How does Japan rank for population, total?: Japan ranks 12th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
Is population, total rising or falling in Japan?: Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan data come from?: The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Population, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, total
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.