Country or area · Eastern Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Japan population

Japan population now

122,258,870

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 121.4–122.8 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 124,370,946

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 122.428 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 121.4–122.8 million
Median age: 51.2
Aged 65+: 30.2%

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male female projection · one cell = 20,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

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JPN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Japan in numbers

124,370,946 people lived in Japan in mid-2023: 1.5% of the world's people, and the 12th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 1.4 times its 1950 population of 86.4 million.

Its population peaked in 2009 at 128 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 76.8 million in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 48.1 million to 113 million.

Since 2005, more people have died here each year than have been born, and the UN's projection has that holding every year to 2100. The population still grew until 2009, because more people arrived than left.

The median age was 22.3 in 1950 and 50.0 in 2023; the projection has 54.0 in 2100. 29.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 37.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 1995 at 87.6 million; in 2023 it was 73.1 million.

By size it is the 12th country in 2023; the projection puts it 17th in 2050 and 32nd in 2100. It is overtaken by Egypt in 2027, the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2028 and the Philippines in 2029.

Population, mid-2023: 124,370,946
Rank by population, 2023: 12 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 1.5%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −0.50% · −626,632 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 341
Land area, 2023: 364,569 km²
Births, 2023: 749,884
Deaths, 2023: 1,524,430
Net migration, 2023: +175,003
Children per woman, 2023: 1.21
Median age, 2023: 50.0 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 84.7 years
In a city, 2025: 68 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 86,443,276
Projected, mid-2050: 105,123,168
Projected, mid-2100: 76,845,989

JPN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Japan, 1950–2100

Japan: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	85,696,541		2,461,534	943,057	3.62	59.3
1951	estimate	87,190,012		2,249,284	874,894	3.23	61.0
1952	estimate	88,509,840		2,109,219	800,987	2.95	63.0
1953	estimate	89,760,423		1,965,540	809,778	2.67	63.3
1954	estimate	90,887,945		1,863,833	755,569	2.47	64.5
1955	estimate	91,927,400		1,818,391	726,268	2.35	65.7
1956	estimate	92,923,556		1,748,021	758,727	2.21	65.6
1957	estimate	93,760,459		1,646,267	787,381	2.04	65.4
1958	estimate	94,457,494		1,726,481	717,985	2.10	67.0
1959	estimate	95,236,419		1,697,852	722,131	2.04	67.5
1960	estimate	96,009,537		1,671,547	740,747	1.98	67.7
1961	estimate	96,789,970		1,642,768	728,638	1.93	68.4
1962	estimate	97,645,217		1,661,960	742,514	1.93	68.7
1963	estimate	98,507,594		1,701,899	699,874	1.95	69.8
1964	estimate	99,408,868		1,765,054	701,742	2.00	70.2
1965	estimate	100,371,488		1,870,176	730,439	2.09	70.3
1966	estimate	101,460,551		1,480,248	694,624	1.63	71.1
1967	estimate	102,315,119		1,976,447	705,250	2.16	71.4
1968	estimate	103,615,936		1,914,791	715,319	2.06	71.7
1969	estimate	104,859,006		1,905,264	722,391	2.03	71.9
1970	estimate	106,091,333		1,952,254	743,914	2.04	72.0
1971	estimate	107,333,403		2,059,491	714,460	2.09	72.8
1972	estimate	108,570,656		2,125,227	714,646	2.11	73.3
1973	estimate	109,907,254		2,184,362	734,722	2.15	73.4
1974	estimate	111,322,219		2,119,055	733,957	2.06	73.8
1975	estimate	112,697,169		1,971,513	723,562	1.92	74.4
1976	estimate	113,945,223		1,872,841	722,728	1.84	74.8
1977	estimate	115,060,368		1,785,579	708,673	1.79	75.3
1978	estimate	116,088,186		1,739,853	714,346	1.79	75.7
1979	estimate	117,065,703		1,676,683	707,279	1.77	76.2
1980	estimate	117,977,409		1,596,738	741,742	1.74	76.1
1981	estimate	118,740,103		1,526,132	739,700	1.72	76.6
1982	estimate	119,248,004		1,495,937	731,848	1.74	77.1
1983	estimate	119,723,546		1,482,119	761,562	1.77	77.1
1984	estimate	120,174,347		1,456,003	762,223	1.78	77.5
1985	estimate	120,594,441		1,390,552	773,776	1.74	77.8
1986	estimate	121,069,886		1,337,256	771,561	1.70	78.2
1987	estimate	121,663,583		1,300,497	768,488	1.67	78.6
1988	estimate	122,223,591		1,263,653	808,081	1.63	78.5
1989	estimate	122,730,314		1,202,924	799,919	1.55	79.0
1990	estimate	123,164,512		1,176,898	830,980	1.51	79.0
1991	estimate	123,635,017		1,183,921	835,548	1.50	79.3
1992	estimate	124,144,724		1,176,074	868,979	1.48	79.3
1993	estimate	124,622,691		1,162,375	896,679	1.44	79.5
1994	estimate	125,057,225		1,203,544	898,494	1.47	79.8
1995	estimate	125,516,496		1,173,598	948,966	1.41	79.7
1996	estimate	125,828,834		1,190,199	922,293	1.40	80.4
1997	estimate	126,121,770		1,185,425	940,471	1.38	80.6
1998	estimate	126,410,088		1,197,529	965,266	1.37	80.7
1999	estimate	126,688,274		1,183,436	1,013,753	1.34	80.6
2000	estimate	126,914,854		1,197,065	994,661	1.35	81.2
2001	estimate	127,140,724		1,180,835	1,001,548	1.32	81.5
2002	estimate	127,379,572		1,163,599	1,014,401	1.31	81.8
2003	estimate	127,589,624		1,137,890	1,049,519	1.28	81.8
2004	estimate	127,752,879		1,120,731	1,063,956	1.28	82.1
2005	estimate	127,878,669		1,078,811	1,122,516	1.25	82.0
2006	estimate	127,947,992		1,095,688	1,127,232	1.28	82.4
2007	estimate	128,046,503		1,093,907	1,149,568	1.30	82.5
2008	estimate	128,128,861		1,094,130	1,182,482	1.33	82.6
2009	estimate	128,183,119		1,074,687	1,181,432	1.33	83.0
2010	estimate	128,201,820		1,070,600	1,235,559	1.36	82.9
2011	estimate	128,168,730		1,050,600	1,292,912	1.36	82.7
2012	estimate	128,024,135		1,037,199	1,296,803	1.38	83.2
2013	estimate	127,832,435		1,023,434	1,307,461	1.39	83.4
2014	estimate	127,614,856		998,487	1,313,099	1.39	83.6
2015	estimate	127,358,353		994,851	1,328,705	1.42	83.9
2016	estimate	127,193,392		967,960	1,349,573	1.41	84.1
2017	estimate	127,126,510		937,434	1,383,637	1.39	84.2
2018	estimate	127,002,870		910,945	1,410,420	1.37	84.3
2019	estimate	126,823,995		864,781	1,432,117	1.32	84.4
2020	estimate	126,574,852		840,688	1,423,305	1.30	84.7
2021	estimate	126,034,234		810,611	1,485,405	1.27	84.5
2022	estimate	125,324,442		786,576	1,615,301	1.26	84.0
2023	estimate	124,670,714		749,884	1,524,430	1.21	84.7
2024	estimate	124,071,179		750,570	1,540,205	1.22	84.8
2025	projection	123,434,903	123.2–123.7 million	748,163	1,551,590	1.23	85.0
2026	projection	122,772,055	122.3–123.2 million	745,943	1,563,215	1.23	85.2
2027	projection	122,083,407	121.4–122.8 million	745,955	1,575,489	1.24	85.3
2028	projection	121,381,274	120.3–122.4 million	746,338	1,585,262	1.25	85.4
2029	projection	120,667,422	119.4–122.0 million	748,673	1,595,398	1.25	85.6
2030	projection	119,948,756	118.3–121.7 million	751,702	1,604,954	1.26	85.7
2031	projection	119,219,487	117.3–121.3 million	754,903	1,613,726	1.27	85.9
2032	projection	118,484,683	116.2–120.9 million	759,452	1,623,714	1.27	86.0
2033	projection	117,743,598	115.1–120.6 million	763,361	1,630,345	1.28	86.2
2034	projection	117,001,350	114.1–120.3 million	768,854	1,638,931	1.28	86.3
2035	projection	116,252,152	113.0–119.9 million	774,111	1,642,991	1.29	86.4
2036	projection	115,500,146	111.9–119.5 million	778,369	1,646,753	1.29	86.6
2037	projection	114,750,985	110.8–119.2 million	782,290	1,648,052	1.30	86.7
2038	projection	114,003,817	109.6–118.7 million	786,350	1,648,500	1.30	86.8
2039	projection	113,263,411	108.5–118.3 million	788,741	1,646,870	1.31	87.0
2040	projection	112,525,652	107.4–118.0 million	789,213	1,642,093	1.31	87.1
2041	projection	111,790,955	106.3–117.7 million	787,941	1,637,336	1.31	87.2
2042	projection	111,053,931	105.1–117.3 million	785,554	1,629,416	1.32	87.4
2043	projection	110,330,784	104.1–116.9 million	783,217	1,619,492	1.32	87.5
2044	projection	109,613,978	103.1–116.6 million	778,538	1,607,663	1.32	87.6
2045	projection	108,905,079	102.1–116.4 million	774,560	1,594,168	1.33	87.8
2046	projection	108,198,910	101.2–116.1 million	767,357	1,580,333	1.33	87.9
2047	projection	107,502,251	100.0–115.8 million	758,534	1,562,212	1.34	88.0
2048	projection	106,813,689	99.1–115.5 million	749,373	1,546,626	1.34	88.2
2049	projection	106,134,969	98.0–115.2 million	738,935	1,531,499	1.34	88.3
2050	projection	105,458,719	97.0–115.1 million	727,944	1,518,397	1.35	88.4
2051	projection	104,787,616	95.8–114.8 million	716,471	1,505,018	1.35	88.5
2052	projection	104,117,301	94.7–114.5 million	705,619	1,494,449	1.36	88.7
2053	projection	103,438,959	93.5–114.2 million	693,873	1,487,802	1.36	88.8
2054	projection	102,762,816	92.5–114.1 million	683,459	1,481,798	1.36	88.9
2055	projection	102,068,554	91.4–113.7 million	673,418	1,478,040	1.37	89.0
2056	projection	101,374,150	90.3–113.6 million	663,147	1,478,067	1.37	89.2
2057	projection	100,663,334	89.2–113.3 million	655,474	1,479,622	1.37	89.3
2058	projection	99,946,147	88.1–113.1 million	648,863	1,482,299	1.38	89.4
2059	projection	99,220,835	86.9–112.8 million	643,885	1,485,592	1.38	89.5
2060	projection	98,476,939	85.6–112.7 million	640,333	1,489,477	1.39	89.7
2061	projection	97,729,498	84.5–112.4 million	638,129	1,495,675	1.39	89.8
2062	projection	96,977,794	83.5–112.1 million	636,170	1,499,766	1.39	89.9
2063	projection	96,222,385	82.2–111.5 million	635,481	1,501,056	1.39	90.0
2064	projection	95,465,152	81.2–111.2 million	635,906	1,504,033	1.40	90.1
2065	projection	94,706,563	80.1–111.1 million	637,829	1,501,735	1.40	90.3
2066	projection	93,941,783	78.8–110.7 million	639,394	1,498,861	1.41	90.4
2067	projection	93,185,457	77.3–110.6 million	641,168	1,492,413	1.41	90.5
2068	projection	92,439,351	76.1–110.3 million	644,256	1,482,944	1.41	90.6
2069	projection	91,696,230	74.9–110.0 million	646,341	1,469,502	1.42	90.7
2070	projection	90,969,383	73.8–110.0 million	649,007	1,453,731	1.42	90.9
2071	projection	90,254,159	72.7–110.0 million	650,551	1,432,878	1.42	91.0
2072	projection	89,568,521	71.7–109.7 million	651,017	1,411,434	1.42	91.1
2073	projection	88,903,415	70.7–109.7 million	651,984	1,386,876	1.43	91.2
2074	projection	88,258,546	69.6–109.4 million	652,135	1,360,159	1.43	91.3
2075	projection	87,645,457	68.7–109.5 million	651,691	1,332,061	1.43	91.5
2076	projection	87,060,236	67.7–109.6 million	650,294	1,303,915	1.44	91.6
2077	projection	86,501,088	66.7–109.7 million	647,615	1,276,994	1.44	91.7
2078	projection	85,964,316	65.8–109.3 million	645,324	1,249,039	1.44	91.8
2079	projection	85,453,235	64.8–109.7 million	641,504	1,224,560	1.44	91.9
2080	projection	84,965,379	64.1–109.5 million	637,007	1,199,160	1.44	92.1
2081	projection	84,494,552	63.2–109.5 million	631,985	1,176,431	1.45	92.2
2082	projection	84,045,225	62.4–109.7 million	627,730	1,155,125	1.45	92.3
2083	projection	83,608,569	61.8–109.8 million	622,343	1,135,611	1.45	92.4
2084	projection	83,187,296	61.0–109.8 million	615,800	1,117,264	1.45	92.5
2085	projection	82,773,452	60.3–110.0 million	610,390	1,101,915	1.46	92.6
2086	projection	82,368,102	59.6–110.3 million	604,459	1,087,028	1.46	92.7
2087	projection	81,971,672	58.8–110.4 million	597,907	1,073,918	1.46	92.9
2088	projection	81,584,696	58.1–110.5 million	592,202	1,061,775	1.46	93.0
2089	projection	81,203,259	57.3–110.7 million	586,655	1,051,434	1.46	93.1
2090	projection	80,823,136	56.5–110.7 million	581,864	1,043,653	1.46	93.2
2091	projection	80,445,650	55.8–110.9 million	577,585	1,035,942	1.47	93.3
2092	projection	80,069,798	54.9–110.9 million	573,429	1,031,434	1.47	93.5
2093	projection	79,689,594	54.0–111.4 million	569,251	1,027,469	1.47	93.6
2094	projection	79,311,570	53.1–111.7 million	565,917	1,024,748	1.47	93.7
2095	projection	78,936,200	52.1–111.8 million	562,994	1,022,338	1.47	93.8
2096	projection	78,559,278	51.4–112.0 million	561,540	1,020,299	1.47	93.9
2097	projection	78,178,745	50.5–112.3 million	560,423	1,018,954	1.47	94.0
2098	projection	77,802,525	49.7–112.4 million	560,354	1,018,552	1.47	94.2
2099	projection	77,423,245	49.0–112.6 million	558,423	1,018,700	1.47	94.3
2100	projection	77,038,488	48.1–112.8 million	558,209	1,016,916	1.47	94.4

Show the numbers: Japan, mid-2026, by single year of age

Japan: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	383,556	365,784
1	385,984	368,662
2	387,609	370,410
3	397,802	379,980
4	413,307	394,587
5	426,571	407,046
6	440,342	419,978
7	458,760	437,151
8	479,090	455,898
9	496,729	471,782
10	515,009	488,093
11	524,226	496,008
12	531,563	503,360
13	542,266	513,811
14	549,546	519,767
15	558,415	527,342
16	566,714	535,925
17	578,031	548,244
18	591,664	561,670
19	602,368	572,704
20	607,554	578,922
21	619,286	590,879
22	635,226	606,192
23	641,985	612,342
24	643,904	615,165
25	642,362	614,762
26	633,516	607,532
27	624,601	600,906
28	618,764	596,468
29	614,392	591,694
30	610,990	587,704
31	614,826	591,029
32	613,138	588,924
33	608,022	583,714
34	615,068	591,014
35	616,155	594,248
36	622,280	600,064
37	642,175	618,161
38	661,594	637,265
39	674,838	651,038
40	690,778	669,352
41	712,782	694,934
42	728,910	713,652
43	733,131	719,860
44	739,190	726,019
45	761,001	745,474
46	791,004	775,858
47	820,686	807,676
48	847,444	835,408
49	878,122	866,767
50	919,143	907,982
51	974,370	960,978
52	1,021,540	1,006,600
53	1,021,720	1,007,270
54	997,276	983,479
55	968,785	956,443
56	933,301	918,206
57	904,130	884,757
58	896,305	879,439
59	792,721	773,208
60	765,532	747,870
61	825,221	813,918
62	786,754	776,346
63	757,910	751,554
64	742,302	739,150
65	735,839	737,226
66	733,267	739,648
67	725,606	739,523
68	695,132	717,298
69	685,478	713,776
70	707,896	742,291
71	704,488	747,886
72	701,280	759,336
73	730,143	800,565
74	761,194	842,819
75	792,408	888,405
76	801,479	929,344
77	819,802	985,904
78	830,806	1,015,220
79	780,407	966,690
80	608,722	761,531
81	472,351	607,829
82	504,253	681,334
83	512,266	717,616
84	476,823	690,974
85	441,960	666,219
86	382,893	602,350
87	307,364	506,879
88	259,470	457,097
89	235,690	445,574
90	205,020	415,189
91	167,501	367,635
92	131,306	313,667
93	101,712	266,376
94	77,270	222,950
95	56,948	179,984
96	39,933	138,256
97	26,886	102,934
98	17,847	75,491
99	11,681	54,079
100+	18,413	107,594

JPN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Japan, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

JPN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Japan

Japan had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 1995: 87,597,100 people aged 15–64, against 73,116,300 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

20 children

50 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 41 years: 1963–2003.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

JPN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Japan, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Japan gains 111,931 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 49,803 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 5,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 322,564 (2017), and a loss of 288,550 (1982).

In 2024, 3,409,529 people living in Japan had been born in another country, 3 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

JPN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Japan

Of every 100 babies born in Japan in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 69 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 30 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 2 under 20 and 16 aged 35 or older.

1950
2 · 82 · 16

2023
1 · 69 · 30

2050 · projected
0 · 59 · 41

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 749,884
Average age when women have a baby: 31.9 years; 29.6 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 2; 13 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Japan by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	47	16	56	38	21	16
15–19	57,203	16,196	19,806	4,776	1,349	1,087
20–24	649,430	501,138	163,913	52,845	21,341	19,035
25–29	844,171	1,074,880	478,801	197,169	135,818	117,993
30–34	528,033	305,500	393,995	271,319	270,166	208,427
35–39	292,010	64,575	125,518	176,754	213,450	150,671
40–44	89,521	8,910	14,614	44,625	77,953	55,629
45–49	1,119	298	362	2,358	7,846	5,351
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	2,461,534	1,971,513	1,197,065	749,884	727,944	558,209

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

JPN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Japan

A baby born in Japan in 2021 could expect 84.5 years of life, 73.4 of them in full health (95% range 72.7–74.1). The years in less than full health come to 11.1, above the world's 9.5.

Women

74.8 in full health, 12.4 not: 87.2 years

Men

71.9 in full health, 9.8 not: 81.7 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 74.8 healthy years of 87.2. Men: 71.9 of 81.7.

JPN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Japan

At the end of 2025, Japan was hosting 65,097 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.5 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad65,097
Japan nationals abroad147

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 2,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Japan living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 11,607 people asked for asylum in Japan for the first time; 31 people from Japan asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

JPN · of every 100 people

How people live in Japan

Of every 100 people in Japan in 2025, 68 lived in a city, 23 in a town or suburb and 9 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 14.5 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

JPN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Japan went in school

Almost every adult in Japan went to school: of every 100 in 2020, 86 finished upper secondary or went further.

2 finished primary 12 finished lower secondary 45 finished upper secondary 41 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

JPN · cities · 2025

Cities in Japan

Japan had 137 cities in 2025, home to 84.3 million people. The largest, Tokyo, holds 27 of every 100 people in Japan.

Tokyo33,412,512
Osaka12,964,145
Nagoya7,146,160
Fukuoka2,225,078
Sapporo1,964,519
Sendai1,256,440
Kitakyushu1,206,731
Hiroshima1,185,788
Naha1,060,017
Nara993,952

All 36 cities in Japan that reach 300,000 people

Tokyo 33,412,512
Osaka 12,964,145
Nagoya 7,146,160
Fukuoka 2,225,078
Sapporo 1,964,519
Sendai 1,256,440
Kitakyushu 1,206,731
Hiroshima 1,185,788
Naha 1,060,017
Nara 993,952
Okayama 817,266
Kumamoto 641,185
Otsu 559,798
Kanazawa 533,682
Himeji 494,064
Kagoshima 484,164
Toyohashi 441,665
Matsuyama 437,355
Takasaki [Maebashi] 431,687
Niigata 422,238
Numazu 374,507
Oita 372,190
Fukuyama 355,352
Utsunomiya 352,816
Takamatsu 340,478
Yokkaichi 332,173
Shizuoka 328,613
Nagasaki 308,986
Asahikawa 298,481
Hamamatsu 282,084
Kofu 280,212
Nagano 270,476
Hakodate 261,557
Wakayama 255,782
Ota 237,865
Fujieda 122,203

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Japan are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.