#12 in the world · UN medium projection
Japan population right now
The 2026 mid-year projection is 122,427,731 people. The moving display applies the UN annual numerical change to that 1 July anchor.
Modelled from the 2026 mid-year anchor122,427,731−675,748 people/year · −0.55%
Direct answer
How many people live in Japan?
The UN medium projection places Japan at 122,427,731 people on 1 July 2026. That equals 1.5% of the projected world population.
Annual movement
The population is declining
The model’s annual change is −675,748, equivalent to about −1,850 people per average day. This combines births, deaths and net migration; it is not a daily register.
Scale comparison
Japan and Egypt
Japan has about 1.02× the projected population of Egypt in this 2026 snapshot.
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How to read the snapshot
Population
All ages and both sexes at mid-year. The value is estimated or projected, not a headcount taken on one day.
Urban share
The percentage living in areas classified as urban by national criteria; definitions differ between countries.
Density
122,427,731 people divided by 364,555 km² of land area.
Net migration
The 2026 model includes +128,619 net migrants within the annual demographic balance.
Primary evidence
One named source, visible limits
Figures use the Medium variant of the 2024 Revision. The UN series covers 237 countries or areas; estimates and projections from 1950 to 2100 and is built from 1,910 population censuses and 3,189 nationally representative sample surveys, alongside vital-registration and other demographic systems.
These are demographic estimates and projections for Japan population and demographic indicators, not a live register of identifiable people. Mid-year values refer to 1 July; moving counters interpolate a published annual flow between anchors.