Total current population for Japan in 2025 is 121,960,408, a 0.55% decline from 2024.

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<li>Total population for Japan in 2024 was <strong>122,631,432</strong>, a <strong>1.51% decline</strong> from 2023.</li>
<li>Total population for Japan in 2023 was <strong>124,516,650</strong>, a <strong>0.49% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Total population for Japan in 2022 was <strong>125,124,989</strong>, a <strong>0.44% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
</ul>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.

Die Gesamtbevölkerung in Japan wurde laut den neuesten Zensusdaten und Prognosen von Trading Economics im Jahr 2024 auf 123,6 Millionen Menschen geschätzt. Diese Werte, historische Daten, Prognosen, Statistiken, Diagramme und ökonomische Kalender - Japan - Bevölkerung.

The statistic shows the total population in Japan from 2020 to 2024, with projections up until 2030. In 2024, the total population of Japan amounted to around 123.89 million inhabitants. See the figures for the population of South Korea for comparison. Total population in Japan From steadily low fertility rates to a growing elderly population, it is no secret that Japan’s population is shrinking. Population growth rates jump around a little, but are currently following a declining trend. The post-war baby boom generation is now in the 65-and-over age group, and the percentage of the population in that category is expected to keep growing, as is indicated by a high median age and high life expectancy. Japan already has the highest percentage of its population over 65 in the world, and the aging population puts some pressure on the Japanese government to provide welfare services for more people as rising numbers leave the workforce. However, the amount of jobs opened up for the younger generations by the older generations leaving the workforce means that unemployment is kept to a minimum. Despite a jump in unemployment after the global recession hit in 2008, rates were almost back to pre-recession rates by 2013. Another factor affecting Japan is the number of emigrants to other countries. The United States absorbs a number of emigrants worldwide, so despite a stagnating birth rate, the U.S. has seen a steady rise in population.

Key information about Japan population

• The Japan population reached 123.7 million people in Dec 2024, compared with the previously reported figure of 124.3 million people in Dec 2023
• The data reached an all-time high of 128.1 million people in Dec 2010 and a record low of 43.4 million people in Dec 1899

• In the latest reports, Japan Unemployment Rate increased to 2.5 % in Oct 2024
• Monthly earnings of the Japan population was 1,957.4 USD in Oct 2024
• Japan Labour Force Participation Rate remained the same rate at 63.5 % in Oct 2024

Approximately 36.5 million people in Japan were estimated to be within the age group 65 and over in 2024. This number was projected to increase until 2040 and then decline to about 20.1 million by 2120.

Population growth (annual %) in Japan was reported at --0.48737 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Japan - Population growth (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

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Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Japan was reported at 58.79 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Japan - Population ages 15-64 (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Tokyo, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Population ages 40-44, female (% of female population) in Japan was reported at 5.9521 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Japan - Population ages 40-44, female (% of female population) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

As of October 2024, the total female population in Japan was estimated to be around 63.67 million people. With an estimated 25.64 million women by 2120, the data indicated a decrease of about 40 percent.

Approximately 20.6 million women within the age group of 65 years and older were forecast for 2024 in Japan. While the projection indicated a constant decrease for women aged under 65 years, the female population aged 65 and older was forecast to grow until 2040 and thereafter drop to about 11 million by 2120.

In 1800, the population of Japan was just over 30 million, a figure which would grow by just two million in the first half of the 19th century. However, with the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the restoration of the emperor in the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japan would begin transforming from an isolated feudal island, to a modernized empire built on Western models. The Meiji period would see a rapid rise in the population of Japan, as industrialization and advancements in healthcare lead to a significant reduction in child mortality rates, while the creation overseas colonies would lead to a strong economic boom. However, this growth would slow beginning in 1937, as Japan entered a prolonged war with the Republic of China, which later grew into a major theater of the Second World War. The war was eventually brought to Japan's home front, with the escalation of Allied air raids on Japanese urban centers from 1944 onwards (Tokyo was the most-bombed city of the Second World War). By the war's end in 1945 and the subsequent occupation of the island by the Allied military, Japan had suffered over two and a half million military fatalities, and over one million civilian deaths.

The population figures of Japan were quick to recover, as the post-war “economic miracle” would see an unprecedented expansion of the Japanese economy, and would lead to the country becoming one of the first fully industrialized nations in East Asia. As living standards rose, the population of Japan would increase from 77 million in 1945, to over 127 million by the end of the century. However, growth would begin to slow in the late 1980s, as birth rates and migration rates fell, and Japan eventually grew to have one of the oldest populations in the world. The population would peak in 2008 at just over 128 million, but has consistently fallen each year since then, as the fertility rate of the country remains below replacement level (despite government initiatives to counter this) and the country's immigrant population remains relatively stable. The population of Japan is expected to continue its decline in the coming years, and in 2020, it is estimated that approximately 126 million people inhabit the island country.

Graph and download economic data for Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Working-Age Population Total: From 15 to 64 Years for Japan (LFWA64TTJPM647S) from Jan 1970 to Apr 2025 about working-age, 15 to 64 years, Japan, and population.

Population, female (% of total population) in Japan was reported at 51.19 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Japan - Population, female (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on May of 2025.

In 2024, the number of men within the age group of 65 years and older in Japan was forecast at approximately 15.8 million people. While the projection indicated a constant decrease for men aged under 14 years and from 15 to 64 years, the male population aged 65 and older was forecast to grow until 2040 and thereafter drop to about nine million by 2120.

Japan Population: Aichi-ken: 0 to 4 Years data was reported at 323.000 Person th in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 327.000 Person th for 2016. Japan Population: Aichi-ken: 0 to 4 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 351.500 Person th from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2017, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 370.000 Person th in 2002 and a record low of 323.000 Person th in 2017. Japan Population: Aichi-ken: 0 to 4 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistical Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G003: Population: Annual: By Prefecture.

Japan Population: As of 1st Oct data was reported at 123,802.000 Person th in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 124,352.000 Person th for 2023. Japan Population: As of 1st Oct data is updated yearly, averaging 94,741.500 Person th from Dec 1899 (Median) to 2024, with 126 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 128,057.000 Person th in 2010 and a record low of 43,404.000 Person th in 1899. Japan Population: As of 1st Oct data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistical Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.G002: Population: Annual.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Nagasaki, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Osaka, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025.