Japan vs Russia: Population

Japan

124.37 million people

in 2023

Russia

145.44 million people

in 2023

Japan rank

12th

Russia rank

9th

Population over time

Russia currently reports 145.44 million people against 124.37 million people in Japan, a difference of 21.07 million people.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 12th and Russia ranks 9th 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.