Japan ended 1997 with a population of 126,011,000 people, which represents an increasea of 300,000 people compared to 1996.
Japan ranks No. 8 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.
The female population is greater, with 64,215,271 women, representing 50.94% of the total, compared to 61,841,728 or 49.06% men.
Japan has a high population density, with 334 people per square km and it was in position 180th in our ranking of density population in 1997.
In this page we show you the progression of the population in Japan. You can see the population in other countries in population and see all the information about Japan in Japanese economy.