Japan vs Mali: Population by world region

Japan
76.85 million people
in 2100
Mali
79.35 million people
in 2100
Japan rank
32nd
Mali rank
31st

Population by world region over time

  • Japan
  • Mali
050.0M100.0M150.0M100015502100

How they compare

Mali currently reports 79.35 million people against 76.85 million people in Japan, a difference of 2.51 million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 32nd and Mali ranks 31st of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 47 and Mali in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Mali Difference Ahead
1000s 6.00 million people 722,000 people 5.28 million people Japan
1100s 6.20 million people 776,150 people 5.42 million people Japan
1200s 6.40 million people 830,300 people 5.57 million people Japan
1300s 7.30 million people 900,000 people 6.40 million people Japan
1400s 9.30 million people 1.00 million people 8.30 million people Japan
1500s 12.30 million people 1.08 million people 11.22 million people Japan
1600s 17.00 million people 1.26 million people 15.74 million people Japan
1700s 26.70 million people 1.44 million people 25.26 million people Japan
1710s 29.00 million people 1.62 million people 27.38 million people Japan
1720s 29.00 million people 1.64 million people 27.36 million people Japan
1730s 29.00 million people 1.66 million people 27.34 million people Japan
1740s 29.00 million people 1.68 million people 27.32 million people Japan
1750s 29.00 million people 1.70 million people 27.30 million people Japan
1760s 28.80 million people 1.72 million people 27.08 million people Japan
1770s 28.60 million people 1.75 million people 26.85 million people Japan
1780s 28.40 million people 1.77 million people 26.63 million people Japan
1790s 28.20 million people 1.80 million people 26.40 million people Japan
1800s 28.65 million people 1.40 million people 27.25 million people Japan
1810s 30.15 million people 1.40 million people 28.74 million people Japan
1820s 31.14 million people 1.42 million people 29.72 million people Japan
1830s 31.48 million people 1.45 million people 30.03 million people Japan
1840s 31.82 million people 1.48 million people 30.33 million people Japan
1850s 32.56 million people 1.56 million people 31.00 million people Japan
1860s 33.81 million people 1.68 million people 32.13 million people Japan
1870s 35.60 million people 1.83 million people 33.77 million people Japan
1880s 38.42 million people 2.01 million people 36.41 million people Japan
1890s 42.08 million people 2.20 million people 39.88 million people Japan
1900s 46.80 million people 2.49 million people 44.30 million people Japan
1910s 52.69 million people 2.87 million people 49.83 million people Japan
1920s 59.97 million people 3.23 million people 56.75 million people Japan
1930s 68.59 million people 3.69 million people 64.90 million people Japan
1940s 78.34 million people 4.28 million people 74.06 million people Japan
1950s 91.55 million people 5.01 million people 86.54 million people Japan
1960s 100.60 million people 5.78 million people 94.82 million people Japan
1970s 112.40 million people 6.79 million people 105.61 million people Japan
1980s 120.67 million people 8.27 million people 112.40 million people Japan
1990s 125.31 million people 10.12 million people 115.19 million people Japan
2000s 127.76 million people 13.39 million people 114.37 million people Japan
2010s 127.45 million people 18.40 million people 109.06 million people Japan
2020s 123.37 million people 24.89 million people 98.48 million people Japan
2030s 116.25 million people 32.73 million people 83.52 million people Japan
2040s 108.93 million people 41.34 million people 67.59 million people Japan
2050s 102.03 million people 50.06 million people 51.97 million people Japan
2060s 94.71 million people 58.51 million people 36.20 million people Japan
2070s 87.76 million people 66.22 million people 21.54 million people Japan
2080s 82.81 million people 72.63 million people 10.18 million people Japan
2090s 78.93 million people 77.39 million people 1.54 million people Japan
2100s 76.85 million people 79.35 million people 2.51 million people Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Japan or Mali?
Mali, at 79.35 million people against 76.85 million people in Japan as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Japan and Mali?
2.51 million people, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mali?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Japan and Mali rank globally for population by world region?
Japan ranks 32nd and Mali ranks 31st 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 by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population by world region
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, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.