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Egypt vs Japan: Population

Egypt
114.54 million people
in 2023
Japan
124.37 million people
in 2023
Egypt rank
14th
Japan rank
12th

Population over time

  • Egypt
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 124.37 million people against 114.54 million people in Egypt, a difference of 9.84 million people.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 14th and Japan ranks 12th of 238 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Japan Difference Ahead
1000s 5.00 million people 6.00 million people 1.00 million people Japan
1100s 4.35 million people 6.20 million people 1.85 million people Japan
1200s 4.00 million people 6.40 million people 2.40 million people Japan
1300s 4.70 million people 7.30 million people 2.60 million people Japan
1400s 4.05 million people 9.30 million people 5.25 million people Japan
1500s 4.00 million people 12.30 million people 8.30 million people Japan
1600s 5.00 million people 17.00 million people 12.00 million people Japan
1700s 4.50 million people 26.70 million people 22.20 million people Japan
1710s 4.40 million people 29.00 million people 24.60 million people Japan
1720s 4.30 million people 29.00 million people 24.70 million people Japan
1730s 4.20 million people 29.00 million people 24.80 million people Japan
1740s 4.10 million people 29.00 million people 24.90 million people Japan
1750s 4.00 million people 29.00 million people 25.00 million people Japan
1760s 3.90 million people 28.80 million people 24.90 million people Japan
1770s 3.80 million people 28.60 million people 24.80 million people Japan
1780s 3.70 million people 28.40 million people 24.70 million people Japan
1790s 3.60 million people 28.20 million people 24.60 million people Japan
1800s 3.65 million people 28.65 million people 25.01 million people Japan
1810s 3.99 million people 30.15 million people 26.15 million people Japan
1820s 4.25 million people 31.14 million people 26.88 million people Japan
1830s 4.40 million people 31.48 million people 27.08 million people Japan
1840s 5.00 million people 31.82 million people 26.81 million people Japan
1850s 5.93 million people 32.56 million people 26.63 million people Japan
1860s 6.53 million people 33.81 million people 27.28 million people Japan
1870s 7.19 million people 35.60 million people 28.41 million people Japan
1880s 8.05 million people 38.42 million people 30.37 million people Japan
1890s 9.21 million people 42.08 million people 32.87 million people Japan
1900s 10.57 million people 46.80 million people 36.22 million people Japan
1910s 11.97 million people 52.69 million people 40.72 million people Japan
1920s 13.39 million people 59.97 million people 46.58 million people Japan
1930s 15.14 million people 68.59 million people 53.45 million people Japan
1940s 18.41 million people 78.34 million people 59.93 million people Japan
1950s 23.57 million people 91.55 million people 67.98 million people Japan
1960s 30.28 million people 100.60 million people 70.32 million people Japan
1970s 38.54 million people 112.40 million people 73.86 million people Japan
1980s 50.11 million people 120.67 million people 70.57 million people Japan
1990s 64.97 million people 125.31 million people 60.34 million people Japan
2000s 80.27 million people 127.76 million people 47.49 million people Japan
2010s 98.45 million people 127.45 million people 29.00 million people Japan
2020s 111.86 million people 125.34 million people 13.48 million people Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Egypt or Japan?
Japan, at 124.37 million people against 114.54 million people in Egypt as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Egypt and Japan?
9.84 million people, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Japan?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Japan rank globally for population?
Egypt ranks 14th and Japan ranks 12th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.