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

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.

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: 07 August 2026

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