# Live births in Japan

Live births in Japan was 749,884 in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `jp`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/japan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=jp

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 749,884 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 786,576 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 810,611 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 840,688 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 864,781 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 910,945 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 937,434 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 967,960 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 994,851 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 998,487 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 1,023,434 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 1,037,199 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 1,050,600 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 1,070,600 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 1,074,687 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 1,094,130 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 1,093,907 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 1,095,688 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 1,078,811 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 1,120,731 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 1,137,890 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 1,163,599 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 1,180,835 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 1,197,065 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 1,183,436 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 1,197,529 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 1,185,425 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 1,190,199 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 1,173,598 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 1,203,544 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 1,162,375 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 1,176,074 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 1,183,921 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 1,176,898 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 1,202,924 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 1,263,653 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 1,300,497 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 1,337,256 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 1,390,552 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 1,456,003 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 1,482,119 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 1,495,937 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 1,526,132 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 1,596,738 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 1,676,683 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 1,739,853 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 1,785,579 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 1,872,841 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 1,971,513 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 2,119,055 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 2,184,362 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 2,125,227 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 2,059,491 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 1,952,254 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 1,905,264 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 1,914,791 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 1,976,447 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 1,480,248 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 1,870,176 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 1,765,054 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 1,701,899 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 1,661,960 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 1,642,768 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 1,671,547 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 1,697,852 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 1,726,481 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 1,646,267 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 1,748,021 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 1,818,391 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 1,863,833 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 1,965,540 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 2,109,219 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 2,249,284 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 2,461,534 (estimated) |