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China vs Japan: Population, total

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , China's Population, total was 1.41B, compared to Japan's 123.98M. That makes China's value 1,036.5% higher than Japan's.

China

Rank #2 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
1.41B
Year-over-year
-0.1%
10-year change
+2.7%
Peak
1.41B (2021)
Trough
1.30B (2005)

Japan

Rank #12 of 217 globally

Japan trend
Latest (2024)
123.98M
Year-over-year
-0.4%
10-year change
-2.6%
Peak
128.07M (2010)
Trough
123.98M (2024)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.TOTL), CC BY 4.0.