Japan's population fell from 126M in 1996 to 123M in 2025.
Japan · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Japan's population growth fell from 0.2 % in 1996 to -0.5 % in 2025.
Japan's population density fell from 343.3 in 1994 to 341.5 in 2023.
Japan's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.7 % in 1996 to 51.2 % in 2025.
Japan's urbanisation rose from 78.1 % in 1996 to 92.3 % in 2025.
Japan's urban population rose from 98.3M in 1996 to 114M in 2025.
Japan's rural population fell from 27.5M in 1996 to 9.5M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −4.2 %203rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −5.0 %211th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +2.3 %9th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −6.1 %11th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs2nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts215th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.0 pts177th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts2nd of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts41st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts2nd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −8.3 %10th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.2 pts138th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +30.1 %74th of 178
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- Life expectancydown −0.0 yrs10th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaledown −0.0 yrs4th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleunchanged +0.0 yrs22nd of 217