Population, long-run history in Japan

Latest: 124,762
Previous: 125,427
Change: -665.16 (-0.5%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Persons, thousands

Population, long-run history over time

Annual, Persons, thousands, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for Population, long-run history in Japan
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	96,812
Dec 31, 1964	97,826
Dec 31, 1965	98,883
Dec 31, 1966	99,790
Dec 31, 1967	100,825
Dec 31, 1968	101,961
Dec 31, 1969	103,172
Dec 31, 1970	104,345
Dec 31, 1971	105,697
Dec 31, 1972	107,188
Dec 31, 1973	108,707
Dec 31, 1974	110,162
Dec 31, 1975	111,573
Dec 31, 1976	112,775
Dec 31, 1977	113,872
Dec 31, 1978	114,913
Dec 31, 1979	115,890
Dec 31, 1980	116,807
Dec 31, 1981	117,648
Dec 31, 1982	118,455
Dec 31, 1983	119,270
Dec 31, 1984	120,035
Dec 31, 1985	120,754
Dec 31, 1986	121,492
Dec 31, 1987	122,091
Dec 31, 1988	122,613
Dec 31, 1989	123,108
Dec 31, 1990	123,537
Dec 31, 1991	124,027
Dec 31, 1992	124,493
Dec 31, 1993	124,864
Dec 31, 1994	125,042
Dec 31, 1995	125,361
Dec 31, 1996	125,636
Dec 31, 1997	125,936
Dec 31, 1998	126,274
Dec 31, 1999	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	124,762

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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