Japan ended 2016 with a population of 126,960,000 people, which represents a decrease of 18,000 people compared to 2015.
Japan ranks No. 10 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.
The female population is greater, with 65,245,704 women, representing 51.34% of the total, compared to 61,830,297 or 48.66% men.
Japan has a high population density, with 336 people per square km and it was in position 171th in our ranking of density population in 2016.
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.