Japan: Population
Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop
- 2025
- 123 millionpeople
- Change on 2024
- −0.5%year on year
- Average growth, 2015–2025
- −0.3%a year
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Millions of people
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 119.7 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 120.5 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 120.5 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 121.5 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 122.5 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 122.5 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 123.1 | |
| 2024 | 123.8 | |
| 2023 | 124.4 | |
| 2022 | 124.9 | |
| 2021 | 125.5 | |
| 2020 | 125.7 | |
| 2019 | 126.2 | |
| 2018 | 126.4 | |
| 2017 | 126.7 | |
| 2016 | 126.9 |
Sources
- Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
- Gapminder1800–2023
- Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
- Asian Historical Statistics1871–1940
- Diebolt1872–1940
- Bordo1880–1997
- Maddison Project Database1885–2022
- Piketty & Zucman1950–2010
- Penn World Table1950–2019
- WDI (archive)1960–1997
- World Development Indicators1960–2025
- United Nations1970–2024
- OECD Economic Outlook1970–2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
- Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
- Asian Development Bank2000–2025
- Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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