Chile vs Japan: Country has a population register

Chile

in 2015

Japan

in 2015

Chile rank

1st

Japan rank

1st

Country has a population register over time

Chile currently reports 1 against 1 in Japan, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 266 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Japan ahead.

Chile ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 67 countries.

Indicator: Country has a population register
Source: Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 67 places, 16,024 data points, 1750–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

A population register is defined as a centralized state agency that keeps detailed and permanently updated records of every person in the territory.