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🇯🇵 Japan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3JPN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2JP
UN M49 numeric392
IOC codeJPN
Official nameJapan
Native name(s)jpn: official: 日本; common: 日本
Alt spellingsJP, Nippon, Nihon
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionEastern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalTokyo
Area (km²)377,930
Lat / Lng36.0000, 138.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.jp, .みんな
Calling coderoot: +8; suffixes: 1

Demographics

Population (World Bank)123,366,734 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)84.036 (2024)
Languagesjpn: Japanese
Demonymseng: f: Japanese; m: Japanese; fra: f: Japonaise; m: Japonais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)4,435,162,999,976.94 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)35,951.045 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.451 (2025)
CurrenciesJPY: name: Japanese yen; symbol: ¥

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195086,443,277
195187,849,926
195289,135,132
195390,324,184
195491,407,673
195592,425,478
195693,342,008
195794,108,977
195894,846,957
195995,622,978
196096,399,754
196197,217,594
196298,076,405
196398,958,231
196499,890,178
1965100,916,019
1966101,887,835
1967102,965,527
1968104,237,471
1969105,475,170
1970106,712,368
1971107,952,030
1972109,238,955
1973110,614,736
1974112,009,694
1975113,321,196
1976114,502,795
1977115,574,277
1978116,576,944
1979117,521,556
1980118,358,756
1981118,994,053
1982119,485,775
1983119,948,947
1984120,384,394
1985120,832,163
1986121,366,735
1987121,943,587
1988122,476,952
1989122,947,413
1990123,399,765
1991123,889,871
1992124,383,708
1993124,839,958
1994125,286,860
1995125,672,665
1996125,975,302
1997126,265,929
1998126,549,181
1999126,801,564
2000127,027,789
2001127,260,148
2002127,484,598
2003127,671,251
2004127,815,774
2005127,913,330
2006127,997,247
2007128,087,682
2008128,155,990
2009128,192,470
2010128,185,275
2011128,096,432
2012127,928,285
2013127,723,645
2014127,486,605
2015127,275,872
2016127,159,951
2017127,064,690
2018126,913,432
2019126,699,424
2020126,304,543
2021125,679,338
2022124,997,578
2023124,370,947

Full raw record (JSON)

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