Population in Japan

Nearby in the ranking

9. Russia 145 million
10. Mexico 130 million
11. Ethiopia 129 million
12. Japan 124 million
13. Philippines 115 million
14. Egypt 115 million
15. Dem. Rep. Congo 106 million

More about Japan

• Population growth
• Births per woman
• Typical age
• Living in cities
• Human Development Index
• Women’s vs men’s development
• All figures for Japan

About the data

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.

Unit

people

Years

1800–2023

Data as of

2026-09-28

Source

Our World in Data

License

CC BY 4.0

Credit

Our World in Data; HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0