Japan ended 2012 with a population of 127,552,000 people, which represents a decrease of 279,000 people compared to 2011.
Japan ranks No. 10 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.
The female population is greater, with 65,480,007 women, representing 51.3% of the total, compared to 62,148,992 or 48.7% men.
Japan has a high population density, with 337 people per square km and it was in position 173th in our ranking of density population in 2012.
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.