Male population — all countries

Male population — Japan

Male population in Japan in 2025 — 60,151,475 people. Ranked 12 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 32.8%.

2025 60.15M people −0.54% vs 2024
World rank 12of 217
Period maximum 62.72M people2003
Period minimum 45.31M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Japan, 1960–202545M50M55M60M65M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 45,305,600 people1962: 46,197,746 people1964: 47,242,057 people1966: 48,281,804 people1968: 49,446,083 people1970: 50,730,182 people1972: 52,758,949 people1974: 54,322,653 people1976: 55,645,504 people1978: 56,729,827 people1980: 57,691,379 people1982: 58,521,440 people1984: 59,301,778 people1986: 59,979,572 people1988: 60,509,071 people1990: 60,937,748 people1992: 61,371,225 people1994: 61,702,062 people1996: 61,948,183 people1998: 62,220,021 people2000: 62,386,184 people2002: 62,622,176 people2004: 62,707,798 people2006: 62,677,599 people2008: 62,713,467 people2010: 62,649,708 people2012: 62,402,451 people2014: 62,208,573 people2016: 62,105,698 people2018: 61,966,362 people2020: 61,682,937 people2022: 61,088,674 people2024: 60,480,020 people2025: 60,151,475 people
Change over the period: +14.85M (+32.77%) Average annual rate: 0.44 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan

Japan 60.15M people
World 4.13B people
East Asia & Pacific 1.21B people
Eastern Asia computed 821M people
High-income countries computed 690M people
Male population — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 60.15M −328,545 −0.54%
2024 60.48M −291,067 −0.48%
2023 60.77M −317,587 −0.52%
2022 61.09M −291,540 −0.47%
2021 61.38M −302,723 −0.49%
2020 61.68M −192,963 −0.31%
2019 61.88M −90,462 −0.15%
2018 61.97M −83,325 −0.13%
2017 62.05M −56,011 −0.09%
2016 62.11M −32,824 −0.05%
2015 62.14M −70,051 −0.11%
2014 62.21M −93,097 −0.15%
2013 62.3M −100,781 −0.16%
2012 62.4M −110,342 −0.18%
2011 62.51M −136,915 −0.22%
2010 62.65M −21,846 −0.03%
2009 62.67M −41,913 −0.07%
2008 62.71M −3,305 −0.01%
2007 62.72M +39,173 +0.06%
2006 62.68M +2,435 +0%
2005 62.68M −32,634 −0.05%
2004 62.71M −14,350 −0.02%
2003 62.72M +99,972 +0.16%
2002 62.62M +113,709 +0.18%
2001 62.51M +122,283 +0.2%
2000 62.39M +78,481 +0.13%
1999 62.31M +87,682 +0.14%
1998 62.22M +144,873 +0.23%
1997 62.08M +126,965 +0.2%
1996 61.95M +120,793 +0.2%
1995 61.83M +125,328 +0.2%
1994 61.7M +152,271 +0.25%
1993 61.55M +178,566 +0.29%
1992 61.37M +206,606 +0.34%
1991 61.16M +226,871 +0.37%
1990 60.94M +194,222 +0.32%
1989 60.74M +234,455 +0.39%
1988 60.51M +245,131 +0.41%
1987 60.26M +284,368 +0.47%
1986 59.98M +312,781 +0.52%
1985 59.67M +365,013 +0.62%
1984 59.3M +376,716 +0.64%
1983 58.93M +403,622 +0.69%
1982 58.52M +401,753 +0.69%
1981 58.12M +428,308 +0.74%
1980 57.69M +466,376 +0.81%
1979 57.23M +495,176 +0.87%
1978 56.73M +527,801 +0.94%
1977 56.2M +556,522 +1%
1976 55.65M +607,263 +1.1%
1975 55.04M +715,588 +1.32%
1974 54.32M +753,486 +1.41%
1973 53.57M +810,218 +1.54%
1972 52.76M +825,898 +1.59%
1971 51.93M +1.2M +2.37%
1970 50.73M +633,611 +1.26%
1969 50.1M +650,488 +1.32%
1968 49.45M +603,797 +1.24%
1967 48.84M +560,482 +1.16%
1966 48.28M +490,500 +1.03%
1965 47.79M +549,247 +1.16%
1964 47.24M +534,351 +1.14%
1963 46.71M +509,960 +1.1%
1962 46.2M +461,018 +1.01%
1961 45.74M +431,128 +0.95%
1960 45.31M

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.