Net migration in Japan in 2025 — 140,579 people. Ranked 10 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 193.5%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140,579 | −12,778 | −8.33% |
| 2024 | 153,357 | −21,646 | −12.37% |
| 2023 | 175,003 | +0 | +0% |
| 2022 | 175,003 | +209,999 | +600.07% |
| 2021 | -34,996 | −76,997 | −183.32% |
| 2020 | 42,001 | −276,189 | −86.8% |
| 2019 | 318,190 | −2,411 | −0.75% |
| 2018 | 320,601 | −1,963 | −0.61% |
| 2017 | 322,564 | +7,832 | +2.49% |
| 2016 | 314,732 | +145,836 | +86.35% |
| 2015 | 168,896 | +110,787 | +190.65% |
| 2014 | 58,109 | −8,340 | −12.55% |
| 2013 | 66,449 | −1,455 | −2.14% |
| 2012 | 67,904 | −29,816 | −30.51% |
| 2011 | 97,720 | −34,140 | −25.89% |
| 2010 | 131,860 | +6,410 | +5.11% |
| 2009 | 125,450 | −17,155 | −12.03% |
| 2008 | 142,605 | +4,581 | +3.32% |
| 2007 | 138,024 | +7,959 | +6.12% |
| 2006 | 130,065 | +17,048 | +15.08% |
| 2005 | 113,017 | +44,003 | +63.76% |
| 2004 | 69,014 | −5,861 | −7.83% |
| 2003 | 74,875 | +14,011 | +23.02% |
| 2002 | 60,864 | +1,301 | +2.18% |
| 2001 | 59,563 | +36,095 | +153.81% |
| 2000 | 23,468 | −33,433 | −58.76% |
| 1999 | 56,901 | +10,989 | +23.93% |
| 1998 | 45,912 | +2,546 | +5.87% |
| 1997 | 43,366 | +18,336 | +73.26% |
| 1996 | 25,030 | −62,684 | −71.46% |
| 1995 | 87,714 | −66,500 | −43.12% |
| 1994 | 154,214 | −14,622 | −8.66% |
| 1993 | 168,836 | −2,042 | −1.2% |
| 1992 | 170,878 | +9,547 | +5.92% |
| 1991 | 161,331 | +36,749 | +29.5% |
| 1990 | 124,582 | +93,380 | +299.28% |
| 1989 | 31,202 | −19,952 | −39% |
| 1988 | 51,154 | +23,153 | +82.69% |
| 1987 | 28,001 | +14 | +0.05% |
| 1986 | 27,987 | +169,310 | +119.8% |
| 1985 | -141,323 | +132,363 | +48.36% |
| 1984 | -273,686 | −3,931 | −1.46% |
| 1983 | -269,755 | +18,795 | +6.51% |
| 1982 | -288,550 | −10,025 | −3.6% |
| 1981 | -278,525 | −186,211 | −201.71% |
| 1980 | -92,314 | −34,622 | −60.01% |
| 1979 | -57,692 | −9,696 | −20.2% |
| 1978 | -47,996 | +1,086 | +2.21% |
| 1977 | -49,082 | −14,106 | −40.33% |
| 1976 | -34,976 | −35,083 | −32,787.85% |
| 1975 | 107 | +10,252 | +101.05% |
| 1974 | -10,145 | +24,529 | +70.74% |
| 1973 | -34,674 | +39,306 | +53.13% |
| 1972 | -73,980 | +33,798 | +31.36% |
| 1971 | -107,778 | −141,509 | −419.52% |
| 1970 | 33,731 | −15,716 | −31.78% |
| 1969 | 49,447 | +5,854 | +13.43% |
| 1968 | 43,593 | +13,961 | +47.11% |
| 1967 | 29,632 | −39,302 | −57.01% |
| 1966 | 68,934 | +119,601 | +236.05% |
| 1965 | -50,667 | +50,029 | +49.68% |
| 1964 | -100,696 | +46 | +0.05% |
| 1963 | -100,742 | −43,667 | −76.51% |
| 1962 | -57,075 | +1,807 | +3.07% |
| 1961 | -58,882 | +91,489 | +60.84% |
| 1960 | -150,371 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.
Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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