Japan Population Density 1950-2020
NOTE: All data from 2020 and beyond are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
Chart and table of Japan population density from 1950 to 2020. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.
- The current population density of Japan in 2020 is 334.62 people per square kilometer, a 0.3% decline from 2019.
- The population density of Japan in 2019 was 335.64 people per square kilometer, a 0.27% decline from 2018.
- The population density of Japan in 2018 was 336.54 people per square kilometer, a 0.24% decline from 2017.
- The population density of Japan in 2017 was 337.34 people per square kilometer, a 0.2% decline from 2016.
| Japan - Historical Population Density Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population Density | Growth Rate |
| 2020 | 334.62 | -0.30% |
| 2019 | 335.64 | -0.27% |
| 2018 | 336.54 | -0.24% |
| 2017 | 337.34 | -0.20% |
| 2016 | 338.02 | -0.17% |
| 2015 | 338.61 | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 339.10 | -0.11% |
| 2013 | 339.48 | -0.09% |
| 2012 | 339.77 | -0.06% |
| 2011 | 339.97 | -0.03% |
| 2010 | 340.09 | -0.01% |
| 2009 | 340.12 | 0.01% |
| 2008 | 340.08 | 0.03% |
| 2007 | 339.96 | 0.06% |
| 2006 | 339.77 | 0.08% |
| 2005 | 339.51 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 339.19 | 0.11% |
| 2003 | 338.81 | 0.13% |
| 2002 | 338.37 | 0.14% |
| 2001 | 337.89 | 0.15% |
| 2000 | 337.39 | 0.16% |
| 1999 | 336.87 | 0.16% |
| 1998 | 336.32 | 0.18% |
| 1997 | 335.72 | 0.20% |
| 1996 | 335.06 | 0.22% |
| 1995 | 334.33 | 0.25% |
| 1994 | 333.50 | 0.28% |
| 1993 | 332.59 | 0.30% |
| 1992 | 331.59 | 0.32% |
| 1991 | 330.53 | 0.34% |
| 1990 | 329.41 | 0.36% |
| 1989 | 328.22 | 0.38% |
| 1988 | 326.97 | 0.42% |
| 1987 | 325.62 | 0.46% |
| 1986 | 324.12 | 0.51% |
| 1985 | 322.47 | 0.57% |
| 1984 | 320.63 | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 318.62 | 0.69% |
| 1982 | 316.44 | 0.73% |
| 1981 | 314.13 | 0.78% |
| 1980 | 311.71 | 0.81% |
| 1979 | 309.20 | 0.85% |
| 1978 | 306.58 | 0.92% |
| 1977 | 303.80 | 1.01% |
| 1976 | 300.76 | 1.13% |
| 1975 | 297.41 | 1.25% |
| 1974 | 293.73 | 1.36% |
| 1973 | 289.78 | 1.44% |
| 1972 | 285.67 | 1.46% |
| 1971 | 281.58 | 1.43% |
| 1970 | 277.61 | 1.38% |
| 1969 | 273.82 | 1.34% |
| 1968 | 270.19 | 1.29% |
| 1967 | 266.75 | 1.23% |
| 1966 | 263.50 | 1.17% |
| 1965 | 260.46 | 1.10% |
| 1964 | 257.64 | 1.03% |
| 1963 | 255.02 | 0.98% |
| 1962 | 252.56 | 0.95% |
| 1961 | 250.18 | 0.95% |
| 1960 | 247.83 | 0.96% |
| 1959 | 245.48 | 0.98% |
| 1958 | 243.08 | 1.02% |
| 1957 | 240.64 | 1.06% |
| 1956 | 238.13 | 1.11% |
| 1955 | 235.52 | 1.18% |
| 1954 | 232.77 | 1.28% |
| 1953 | 229.83 | 1.41% |
| 1952 | 226.63 | 1.59% |
| 1951 | 223.08 | 1.83% |
| 1950 | 219.07 | 0.00% |
