Japan vs Mexico: Population

Japan

124.37 million people

in 2023

Mexico

129.74 million people

in 2023

Japan rank

12th

Mexico rank

10th

Population over time

Mexico currently reports 129.74 million people against 124.37 million people in Japan, a difference of 5.37 million people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mexico ahead.

Japan ranks 12th and Mexico ranks 10th 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.