Japan vs Taiwan: Population growth rate
Japan
-0.5%
in 2023
Taiwan
-0.5%
in 2023
Japan rank
212th
Taiwan rank
209th
Population growth rate over time
- Japan
- Taiwan
How they compare
Taiwan currently reports -0.5% against -0.5% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Taiwan ahead.
Japan ranks 212th and Taiwan ranks 209th of 236 countries.
Taiwan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.1% | 3.7% | 2.6% | Taiwan |
| 1960s | 1.0% | 3.0% | 2.0% | Taiwan |
| 1970s | 1.1% | 2.0% | 0.9% | Taiwan |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.9% | Taiwan |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Taiwan |
| 2010s | -0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Taiwan |
| 2020s | -0.5% | -0.4% | 0.1% | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population growth rate, Japan or Taiwan?
- Taiwan, at -0.5% against -0.5% in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population growth rate between Japan and Taiwan?
- 0.0%, with Taiwan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Taiwan?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Taiwan rank globally for population growth rate?
- Japan ranks 212th and Taiwan ranks 209th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.