Japan Population Density 1950-2024
Chart and table of Japan population density from 1950 to 2024. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.
- The current population density of Japan in 2024 is 324.45 people per square kilometer, a 0.54% decline from 2023.
- The population density of Japan in 2023 was 326.20 people per square kilometer, a 0.53% decline from 2022.
- The population density of Japan in 2022 was 327.94 people per square kilometer, a 0.53% decline from 2021.
- The population density of Japan in 2021 was 329.69 people per square kilometer, a 0.5% decline from 2020.
| Japan - Historical Population Density Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population Density | Growth Rate |
| 2024 | 324.45 | -0.54% |
| 2023 | 326.20 | -0.53% |
| 2022 | 327.94 | -0.53% |
| 2021 | 329.69 | -0.50% |
| 2020 | 331.36 | -0.43% |
| 2019 | 332.81 | -0.37% |
| 2018 | 334.04 | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 335.11 | -0.26% |
| 2016 | 335.99 | -0.20% |
| 2015 | 336.67 | -0.18% |
| 2014 | 337.27 | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 337.80 | -0.14% |
| 2012 | 338.26 | -0.12% |
| 2011 | 338.67 | -0.08% |
| 2010 | 338.93 | -0.01% |
| 2009 | 338.96 | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 338.86 | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 338.67 | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 338.39 | 0.08% |
| 2005 | 338.12 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 337.78 | 0.13% |
| 2003 | 337.33 | 0.16% |
| 2002 | 336.80 | 0.19% |
| 2001 | 336.18 | 0.21% |
| 2000 | 335.49 | 0.20% |
| 1999 | 334.83 | 0.20% |
| 1998 | 334.18 | 0.22% |
| 1997 | 333.43 | 0.24% |
| 1996 | 332.64 | 0.23% |
| 1995 | 331.86 | 0.25% |
| 1994 | 331.03 | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 330.13 | 0.27% |
| 1992 | 329.24 | 0.30% |
| 1991 | 328.26 | 0.31% |
| 1990 | 327.24 | 0.34% |
| 1989 | 326.14 | 0.38% |
| 1988 | 324.89 | 0.43% |
| 1987 | 323.49 | 0.46% |
| 1986 | 322.01 | 0.49% |
| 1985 | 320.45 | 0.54% |
| 1984 | 318.73 | 0.57% |
| 1983 | 316.94 | 0.58% |
| 1982 | 315.10 | 0.60% |
| 1981 | 313.21 | 0.65% |
| 1980 | 311.20 | 0.74% |
| 1979 | 308.93 | 0.83% |
| 1978 | 306.40 | 0.91% |
| 1977 | 303.63 | 1.00% |
| 1976 | 300.62 | 1.08% |
| 1975 | 297.41 | 1.18% |
| 1974 | 293.94 | 1.30% |
| 1973 | 290.18 | 1.35% |
| 1972 | 286.32 | 1.34% |
| 1971 | 282.53 | 1.30% |
| 1970 | 278.90 | 1.26% |
| 1969 | 275.42 | 1.25% |
| 1968 | 272.03 | 1.27% |
| 1967 | 268.61 | 1.06% |
| 1966 | 265.81 | 1.00% |
| 1965 | 263.17 | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 260.12 | 1.10% |
| 1963 | 257.29 | 1.02% |
| 1962 | 254.70 | 0.96% |
| 1961 | 252.28 | 0.94% |
| 1960 | 249.93 | 0.95% |
| 1959 | 247.58 | 0.98% |
| 1958 | 245.18 | 0.91% |
| 1957 | 242.98 | 0.90% |
| 1956 | 240.82 | 1.03% |
| 1955 | 238.35 | 1.12% |
| 1954 | 235.71 | 1.18% |
| 1953 | 232.97 | 1.31% |
| 1952 | 229.97 | 1.45% |
| 1951 | 226.69 | 1.58% |
| 1950 | 223.17 | 0.00% |