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  1. Population density in Japan 2012-2022

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    • statista.com
    Updated Jun 3, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Population density in Japan 2012-2022 [Dataset]. https://www.ai-chatbox.pro/?_=%2Fstatistics%2F270075%2Fpopulation-density-in-japan%2F%23XgboD02vawLZsmJjSPEePEUG%2FVFd%2Bik%3D
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    Jun 3, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
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    Japan
    Description

    The population density in Japan saw no significant changes in 2022 in comparison to the previous year 2021 and remained at around 343.28 inhabitants per square kilometer. But still, the population density reached its lowest value of the observation period in 2022. Population density is calculated by dividing the total population by the total land area, to show the average number of people living there per square kilometer of land.Find more key insights for the population density in countries like Mongolia.

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    Japan Population Density

    • macrotrends.net
    csv
    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). Japan Population Density [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/jpn/japan/population-density
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    csvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jun 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1961 - Dec 31, 2022
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    Historical chart and dataset showing Japan population density by year from 1961 to 2022.

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    Japan - Population density - Dataset - ENERGYDATA.INFO

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    Updated Jul 23, 2024
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    (2024). Japan - Population density - Dataset - ENERGYDATA.INFO [Dataset]. https://energydata.info/dataset/japan--population-density-2015
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    Jul 23, 2024
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS datasets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata. DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/) and remaining unadjusted. REGION: Africa SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator) PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84 UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743. FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org) FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.

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    Japan Population density - data, chart | TheGlobalEconomy.com

    • theglobaleconomy.com
    csv, excel, xml
    Updated May 11, 2020
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    Globalen LLC (2020). Japan Population density - data, chart | TheGlobalEconomy.com [Dataset]. www.theglobaleconomy.com/Japan/population_density/
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    excel, csv, xmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    May 11, 2020
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    Globalen LLC
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1961 - Dec 31, 2021
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    Japan: Population density, people per square km: The latest value from 2021 is 345 people per square km, a decline from 346 people per square km in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 456 people per square km, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 1961 to 2021 is 325 people per square km. The minimum value, 256 people per square km, was reached in 1961 while the maximum of 351 people per square km was recorded in 2004.

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    Japan JP: Population Density: People per Square Km

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    CEICdata.com, Japan JP: Population Density: People per Square Km [Dataset]. https://www.ceicdata.com/en/japan/population-and-urbanization-statistics/jp-population-density-people-per-square-km
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Dec 1, 2005 - Dec 1, 2016
    Area covered
    Japan
    Variables measured
    Population
    Description

    Japan JP: Population Density: People per Square Km data was reported at 347.778 Person/sq km in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 348.350 Person/sq km for 2016. Japan JP: Population Density: People per Square Km data is updated yearly, averaging 337.674 Person/sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 351.339 Person/sq km in 2008 and a record low of 258.912 Person/sq km in 1961. Japan JP: Population Density: People per Square Km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.; Weighted average;

  6. Population density in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan 2000-2020

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    • statista.com
    Updated Dec 5, 2024
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    Statista Research Department (2024). Population density in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan 2000-2020 [Dataset]. https://www.ai-chatbox.pro/?_=%2Ftopics%2F9914%2Ftokyo%2F%23XgboD02vawLZsmJjSPEePEUG%2FVFd%2Bik%3D
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    Dec 5, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Authors
    Statista Research Department
    Area covered
    Prefectures of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
    Description

    In 2020, the population of Tokyo Metropolis amounted to over 6,402 inhabitants per square kilometer. The number increased from approximately 5,517 inhabitants per square kilometer in 2000.

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    Japan - Population Density (people Per Sq. Km)

    • tradingeconomics.com
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    Updated Jul 23, 2013
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2013). Japan - Population Density (people Per Sq. Km) [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/population-density-people-per-sq-km-wb-data.html
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    json, xml, csv, excelAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jul 23, 2013
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    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1976 - Dec 31, 2025
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Japan was reported at 343 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Japan - Population density (people per sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

  8. Population of Japan 1800-2020

    • statista.com
    Updated Aug 9, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Population of Japan 1800-2020 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066956/population-japan-historical/
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    Aug 9, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    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.

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    Japan - Population Density

    • data.humdata.org
    geotiff
    Updated Sep 19, 2021
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    WorldPop (2021). Japan - Population Density [Dataset]. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/worldpop-population-density-for-japan
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    Dataset updated
    Sep 19, 2021
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    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    WorldPop produces different types of gridded population count datasets, depending on the methods used and end application. Please make sure you have read our Mapping Populations overview page before choosing and downloading a dataset.

    Datasets are available to download in Geotiff and ASCII XYZ format at a resolution of 30 arc-seconds (approximately 1km at the equator)

    -Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020: Population density datasets for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020 – derived from the corresponding Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 population count datasets by dividing the number of people in each pixel by the pixel surface area. These are produced using the unconstrained top-down modelling method.
    -Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 UN adjusted: Population density datasets for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020 – derived from the corresponding Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 population UN adjusted count datasets by dividing the number of people in each pixel, adjusted to match the country total from the official United Nations population estimates (UN 2019), by the pixel surface area. These are produced using the unconstrained top-down modelling method.

    Data for earlier dates is available directly from WorldPop.

    WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00674

  10. 2015 Population Density in Japan

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    Updated Sep 28, 2017
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    Esri (2017). 2015 Population Density in Japan [Dataset]. https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/d0f5c02709e34a3ebcdd0793e2b42e00
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    Sep 28, 2017
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    Esrihttp://esri.com/
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    Description

    This map shows population density in Japan in 2015, by Country, Prefecture, Municipality, and Block. Population density is shown by people per square kilometer. The national average population density of Japan is 337 people per square kilometer.The pop-up is configured to show the following information at each geography level:Population densityTotal populationTotal householdsPopulation counts by age groupsPopulation counts by genderThe source of this data is Esri Japan. The vintage is 2015.Additional Esri Resources:Esri DemographicsPermitted use of this data is covered in the DATA section of the Esri Master Agreement (E204CW) and these supplemental terms.

  11. Urbanization in Japan 2023

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    Updated Jun 13, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Urbanization in Japan 2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270086/urbanization-in-japan/
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    Jun 13, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    In the past decade, Japan’s degree of urbanization has leveled off at around 92.04 percent. This means that less than 10 percent of Japan’s population of 126 million inhabitants do not live in an urban setting. Japan is well above the degree of urbanization worldwide, which is 55 percent. Japan is also known for its high population density: In 2017, it amounted to an eye-watering 347.78 inhabitants per square kilometer - however, it is not even among the top twenty countries with the highest population density worldwide. That ranking is lead by Monaco, followed by China, and Singapore. Japan’s aging population The main demographic challenge that Japan currently faces is an aging population, as the number of inhabitants over 65 years old is an increasing percentage of the population. As of 2018, Japan is the country with the largest percentage of total population over 65 years, and life expectancy at birth there is about 84 years. Simultaneously, the birth rate in Japan is declining, resulting in negative population growth in recent years. One method Japan is using to address these demographic shifts is by investing in automated work processes; it's one of the top countries interested in collaborative robots.

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    Japan: High Resolution Population Density Maps + Demographic Estimates

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    • data.amerigeoss.org
    csv, geotiff
    Updated Oct 10, 2024
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    Data for Good at Meta (2024). Japan: High Resolution Population Density Maps + Demographic Estimates [Dataset]. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/japan-high-resolution-population-density-maps-demographic-estimates
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    geotiff(67266515), geotiff(67307603), geotiff(67250186), geotiff(150221462), csv(138068488), csv(138172179), geotiff(67279597), csv(138129503), csv(180227083), csv(138154680), geotiff(67267818), csv(138042961), geotiff(67235081)Available download formats
    Dataset updated
    Oct 10, 2024
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    The world's most accurate population datasets. Seven maps/datasets for the distribution of various populations in Japan: (1) Overall population density (2) Women (3) Men (4) Children (ages 0-5) (5) Youth (ages 15-24) (6) Elderly (ages 60+) (7) Women of reproductive age (ages 15-49).

  13. Age distribution in Japan 2013-2023

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    Updated Jun 13, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Age distribution in Japan 2013-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270087/age-distribution-in-japan/
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    Jun 13, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    Over the last decade, Japan’s population has aged more and more, to the point where more than a quarter of Japanese were 65 years and older in 2022. Population growth has stopped and even reversed, since it’s been in the red for several years now.

    It’s getting old

    With almost 30 percent of its population being elderly inhabitants, Japan is considered the “oldest” country in the world today. Japan boasts a high life expectancy, in fact, the Japanese tend to live longer than the average human worldwide. The increase of the aging population is accompanied by a decrease of the total population caused by a sinking birth rate. Japan’s fertility rate has been below the replacement rate for many decades now, mostly due to economic uncertainty and thus a decreasing number of marriages.

    Are the Japanese invincible?

    There is no real mystery surrounding the ripe old age of so many Japanese. Their high average age is very likely due to high healthcare standards, nutrition, and an overall high standard of living – all of which could be adopted by other industrial nations as well. But with high age comes less capacity, and Japan’s future enemy might not be an early death, but rather a struggling social network.

  14. Age distribution of the population Japan 1950-2070

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    Updated Sep 26, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Age distribution of the population Japan 1950-2070 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/606542/japan-age-distribution/
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    Sep 26, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    In 2023, around 29.1 percent of the total population in Japan was aged 65 years and older. Due to a low birth rate and high longevity, people aged 65 years and over were estimated to make up approximately 38.7 percent of the population in Japan by 2070. The share of children below 15 years old was expected to decrease to around 9.2 percent by that year.

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    Tokyo, Japan Metro Area Population (1950-2025)

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    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). Tokyo, Japan Metro Area Population (1950-2025) [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/cities/21671/tokyo/population
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 30, 2025
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    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Dec 1, 1950 - Jul 3, 2025
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

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

  16. Share of the population Japan 1995-2020, by area

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    Updated Nov 11, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Share of the population Japan 1995-2020, by area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249406/japan-share-population-by-area/
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    Nov 11, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    As of 2020, about 29 percent of the population in Japan was concentrated in the Greater Tokyo Area. The three metropolitan areas Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, accounted for around 53 percent of the Japanese population.

  17. Adult population distribution Japan 2020, by wealth range

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    Updated Jul 27, 2022
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    Statista (2022). Adult population distribution Japan 2020, by wealth range [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/684329/japan-population-distribution-by-wealth-range/
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    Jul 27, 2022
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2020
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    Adults with 100 thousand to one million U.S. dollars in wealth made up around 53 percent of the Japanese population in 2020, while the second largest share of people were worth between 10,000 and 100,000 dollars. Together, these groups accounted for approximately 86 percent of the population.

    Wealth versus income

    Wealth, as opposed to income, measures the ownership of assets in a society. Together with GDP, GDP per capita, and household disposable income, it helps to understand the economic well-being of households. Furthermore, the distribution of wealth gives an indication about the degree of equality in a society. Illustrated by its wealth distribution, Japan can be considered relatively equal compared to other countries.

    Egalitarian corporate culture

    In recent years, wealth inequality has become the subject of increasing focus among policymakers, academics and the general public. While several factors have contributed to the high equality in the country, it is safe to say that the egalitarian ethic in Japanese corporate culture is one of these reasons. This is reflected, for example, in the income structure; Japanese CEOs earn remarkably less than their counterparts in the United Kingdom or the United States. In a ranking of the average income of business leaders worldwide by country, Japan did not even make it into the list of the top ten countries.

  18. Population development of Japan 0-2020

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    Updated Dec 1, 2006
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    Statista (2006). Population development of Japan 0-2020 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304190/japan-population-development-historical/
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    Dec 1, 2006
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    Throughout the Common Era, Japan's population saw relatively steady growth between each century. Failed invasions and distance from Asia's mainland meant that Japan was unaffected by many pandemics, primarily bubonic plague, therefore its development was not drastically impeded in the same way as areas such as China or Europe. Additionally, religious practices meant that hygiene was prioritized much more in Japan than in other regions, and dietary customs saw lower rates of meat consumption and regular boiling of water in meals or tea; both of these factors contributed to lower rates of infection for many parasitic or water-borne diseases. Fewer international conflicts and domestic stability also saw lower mortality in this regard, and Japan was an considered an outlier by Asian standards, as some shifting trends associated with the demographic transition (such as lower child mortality and fertility) began taking place in the 17th century; much earlier time than anywhere else in the world. Yet the most significant changes came in the 20th century, as Japan's advanced healthcare and sanitation systems saw drastic reductions in mortality. Challenges Japan's isolation meant that, when pandemics did arrive, the population had less protection and viruses could have higher mortality rates; smallpox has been cited as the deadliest of these pandemics, although increased international contact in the late 19th century brought new viruses, and population growth slowed. Earlier isolation also meant that crop failure or food shortages could leave large sections of the population vulnerable, and, as mentioned, the Japanese diet contained relatively little meat, therefore there was a higher reliance on crops and vegetables. It is believed that the shortage of arable land and the acidity of the soil due to volcanic activity meant that agriculture was more challenging in Japan than on the Asian mainland. For most of history, paddy fields were the most efficient source of food production in Japan, but the challenging nature of this form of agriculture and changes in employment trends gradually led to an increased reliance in imported crops. Post-Sakoku Japan Distance from the Asian mainland was not the only reason for Japan's isolation; from 1603 to 1853, under the Tokugawa shogunate, international trade was restricted, migration abroad was forbidden, and most foreign interaction was centered around Nagasaki. American neo-imperialism then forced Japan to open trade with the west, and Japan became an imperial power by the early-1900s. Japanese expansion began with a series of military victories against China and Russia at the turn of the century, and the annexation of Taiwan, Korea, and Manchuria by the 1930s, before things escalated further during its invasion of China and the Second World War. Despite its involvement in so many wars, the majority of conflicts involving Japan were overseas, therefore civilian casualties were much lower than those suffered by other Asian countries during this time. After Japan's defeat in 1945, its imperial ambitions were abandoned, it developed strong economic ties with the West, and had the fastest economic growth of any industrial country in the post-WWII period. Today, Japan is one of the most demographically advanced countries in the world, with the highest life expectancy in most years. However, its population has been in a steady decline for over a decade, and low fertility and an over-aged society are considered some of the biggest challenges to Japanese society today.

  19. Population density in the Greater Tokyo Area 1985-2015

    • statista.com
    Updated Dec 1, 2016
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    Statista (2016). Population density in the Greater Tokyo Area 1985-2015 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/673621/japan-population-density-greater-toyko/
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 1, 2016
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    1985 - 2015
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    The statistic presents the population density in the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan from 1985 to 2015. In 1985, Greater Tokyo's population amounted to 2,240 inhabitants per square kilometer. This number increased to almost 2,700 inhabitants per square kilometer in 2015.

  20. Share of foreign residents Japan 1994-2023

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    Updated Jun 20, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Share of foreign residents Japan 1994-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/882722/japan-foreign-residents-rate/
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    Jun 20, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
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    Japan
    Description

    In 2023, about *** percent of the population in Japan were foreign nationals, up from about *** percent in 2014. The total number of foreign residents in the same year amounted to approximately *** million people.

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Statista (2025). Population density in Japan 2012-2022 [Dataset]. https://www.ai-chatbox.pro/?_=%2Fstatistics%2F270075%2Fpopulation-density-in-japan%2F%23XgboD02vawLZsmJjSPEePEUG%2FVFd%2Bik%3D
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Population density in Japan 2012-2022

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Jun 3, 2025
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Japan
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The population density in Japan saw no significant changes in 2022 in comparison to the previous year 2021 and remained at around 343.28 inhabitants per square kilometer. But still, the population density reached its lowest value of the observation period in 2022. Population density is calculated by dividing the total population by the total land area, to show the average number of people living there per square kilometer of land.Find more key insights for the population density in countries like Mongolia.

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