🇯🇵Japan

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Population

123.4M

0.5%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.15

births/woman

Life Expectancy

84.0y

GDP / capita

$36K

Pop. Growth

-0.49%

Net Migration

140.6K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Japan by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇳China809.9K(24.2%)

+20%

🇻🇳Viet Nam589.9K(17.6%)

15×

🇰🇷

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male60.2MTotal 123.4M63.2MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.2

per 100,000

Divorce rate

1.6

per 1,000 · 2020

Births outside marriage

2.4%

of births · 2020

Home ownership

61.0%

of households · 2018

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇵🇭Philippines319.8K(9.6%)

+55%

🇧🇷Brazil207.2K(6.2%)

−15%

🇳🇵Nepal185.6K(5.5%)

+874%

🇮🇩Indonesia157.3K(4.7%)

+533%

🇲🇲Myanmar92.2K(2.8%)

14×

🇺🇸United States62.5K(1.9%)

+23%

🇹🇭Thailand61.3K(1.8%)

+49%

🇮🇳India49.3K(1.5%)

+119%

🇱🇰Sri Lanka49K(1.5%)

+448%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Japan diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Japan who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇸United States547.4K(55.1%)

+9%

🇹🇭Thailand104.5K(10.5%)

+33%

🇦🇺Australia53.1K(5.3%)

+31%

🇧🇷Brazil52.8K(5.3%)

+10%

🇨🇳China40.4K(4.1%)

−38%

🇨🇦Canada33.8K(3.4%)

+8%

🇻🇳Viet Nam27.1K(2.7%)

+287%

🇧🇩Bangladesh18.5K(1.9%)

+42%

🇭🇰Hong Kong SAR, China15.3K(1.5%)

+10%

🇳🇿New Zealand12.6K(1.3%)

+26%

🇲🇾Malaysia12.4K(1.2%)

−0%

🇮🇩Indonesia9.9K(1.0%)

−40%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Unaffiliated57.0%
Buddhist36.0%
Other5.0%
Christian2.0%