# Population in Japan

Population in Japan was 123.37 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `jp`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/japan
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/japan.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=jp

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 123,366,734 |
| 2024 | 123,975,371 |
| 2023 | 124,516,650 |
| 2022 | 125,124,989 |
| 2021 | 125,681,593 |
| 2020 | 126,261,000 |
| 2019 | 126,633,000 |
| 2018 | 126,811,000 |
| 2017 | 126,972,000 |
| 2016 | 127,076,000 |
| 2015 | 127,141,000 |
| 2014 | 127,276,000 |
| 2013 | 127,445,000 |
| 2012 | 127,629,000 |
| 2011 | 127,833,000 |
| 2010 | 128,070,000 |
| 2009 | 128,047,000 |
| 2008 | 128,063,000 |
| 2007 | 128,001,000 |
| 2006 | 127,854,000 |
| 2005 | 127,773,000 |
| 2004 | 127,761,000 |
| 2003 | 127,718,000 |
| 2002 | 127,445,000 |
| 2001 | 127,149,000 |
| 2000 | 126,843,000 |
| 1999 | 126,631,000 |
| 1998 | 126,400,000 |
| 1997 | 126,057,000 |
| 1996 | 125,757,000 |
| 1995 | 125,472,000 |
| 1994 | 125,178,000 |
| 1993 | 124,829,000 |
| 1992 | 124,425,000 |
| 1991 | 123,964,000 |
| 1990 | 123,478,000 |
| 1989 | 123,069,000 |
| 1988 | 122,578,000 |
| 1987 | 122,069,000 |
| 1986 | 121,482,000 |
| 1985 | 120,837,000 |
| 1984 | 120,083,000 |
| 1983 | 119,307,000 |
| 1982 | 118,480,000 |
| 1981 | 117,661,000 |
| 1980 | 116,807,000 |
| 1979 | 115,890,000 |
| 1978 | 114,913,000 |
| 1977 | 113,872,000 |
| 1976 | 112,775,000 |
| 1975 | 111,573,000 |
| 1974 | 110,162,000 |
| 1973 | 108,707,000 |
| 1972 | 107,188,000 |
| 1971 | 105,697,000 |
| 1970 | 103,403,000 |
| 1969 | 102,219,000 |
| 1968 | 101,011,000 |
| 1967 | 99,879,000 |
| 1966 | 98,851,000 |
| 1965 | 97,952,000 |
| 1964 | 96,903,000 |
| 1963 | 95,900,000 |
| 1962 | 94,933,000 |
| 1961 | 94,055,000 |
| 1960 | 93,216,000 |