Japan
Population 2026
122,427,730
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.55%
- Density
- 336 per km²
- Land area
- 364,500 km²
- Capital
- Tokyo
- Currency
- Yen (JPY)
- Official languages
- JA
- Urban population
- 92.3%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 745,9432026
- Deaths
- 1,563,2152026
- Birth rate
- 5.7per 1,000
- Death rate
- 13.3per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.15
- Life expectancy
- 84.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 50.2
- Net migration
- 140,579
Age distribution
- 0–1411.2%
- 15–6458.8%
- 65+30.0%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $4.4T
- GDP per capita
- $36.0K
- GDP growth
- +1.2%
- Inflation
- 3.2%
- Unemployment
- 2.5%
- Exports
- $921B
- Imports
- $958B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.4%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.0%
- Industry26.8%
- Manufacturing18.8%
- Services71.4%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture2.8%
- Industry23.2%
- Services74.0%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TokyoTokyo | 9,733,2762025 |
| 2 | YokohamaKanagawa | 3,777,4912025 |
| 3 | OsakaOsaka | 2,753,8622024 |
| 4 | NagoyaAichi | 2,332,1762026 |
| 5 | SapporoHokkaido | 1,973,8322025 |
| 6 | FukuokaFukuoka | 1,612,3922026 |
| 7 | KawasakiKanagawa | 1,538,2622024 |
| 8 | KobeHyōgo | 1,525,1522026 |
| 9 | KyotoKyoto | 1,463,7232022 |
| 10 | SaitamaSaitama | 1,324,8542025 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 122,427,730 | 746K | 1.6M |
| 2020 | 126,304,533 | 841K | 1.4M |
| 2010 | 128,185,273 | 1.1M | 1.2M |
| 2000 | 127,027,794 | 1.2M | 995K |
| 1990 | 123,399,767 | 1.2M | 831K |
| 1980 | 118,358,761 | 1.6M | 742K |
| 1970 | 106,712,370 | 2.0M | 744K |
| 1960 | 96,399,755 | 1.7M | 741K |
| 1950 | 86,443,278 | 2.5M | 943K |