Egypt vs Japan: The global population hockey stick
Egypt
114.54 million people
in 2023
Japan
124.37 million people
in 2023
Egypt rank
15th
Japan rank
13th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Egypt
- Japan
How they compare
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 15th and Japan ranks 13th of 239 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 5.00 million people | 6.00 million people | 1.00 million people | Japan |
| 1100s | 4.35 million people | 6.20 million people | 1.85 million people | Japan |
| 1200s | 4.00 million people | 6.40 million people | 2.40 million people | Japan |
| 1300s | 4.70 million people | 7.30 million people | 2.60 million people | Japan |
| 1400s | 4.05 million people | 9.30 million people | 5.25 million people | Japan |
| 1500s | 4.00 million people | 12.30 million people | 8.30 million people | Japan |
| 1600s | 5.00 million people | 17.00 million people | 12.00 million people | Japan |
| 1700s | 4.50 million people | 26.70 million people | 22.20 million people | Japan |
| 1710s | 4.40 million people | 29.00 million people | 24.60 million people | Japan |
| 1720s | 4.30 million people | 29.00 million people | 24.70 million people | Japan |
| 1730s | 4.20 million people | 29.00 million people | 24.80 million people | Japan |
| 1740s | 4.10 million people | 29.00 million people | 24.90 million people | Japan |
| 1750s | 4.00 million people | 29.00 million people | 25.00 million people | Japan |
| 1760s | 3.90 million people | 28.80 million people | 24.90 million people | Japan |
| 1770s | 3.80 million people | 28.60 million people | 24.80 million people | Japan |
| 1780s | 3.70 million people | 28.40 million people | 24.70 million people | Japan |
| 1790s | 3.60 million people | 28.20 million people | 24.60 million people | Japan |
| 1800s | 3.65 million people | 28.65 million people | 25.01 million people | Japan |
| 1810s | 3.99 million people | 30.15 million people | 26.15 million people | Japan |
| 1820s | 4.25 million people | 31.14 million people | 26.88 million people | Japan |
| 1830s | 4.40 million people | 31.48 million people | 27.08 million people | Japan |
| 1840s | 5.00 million people | 31.82 million people | 26.81 million people | Japan |
| 1850s | 5.93 million people | 32.56 million people | 26.63 million people | Japan |
| 1860s | 6.53 million people | 33.81 million people | 27.28 million people | Japan |
| 1870s | 7.19 million people | 35.60 million people | 28.41 million people | Japan |
| 1880s | 8.05 million people | 38.42 million people | 30.37 million people | Japan |
| 1890s | 9.21 million people | 42.08 million people | 32.87 million people | Japan |
| 1900s | 10.57 million people | 46.80 million people | 36.22 million people | Japan |
| 1910s | 11.97 million people | 52.69 million people | 40.72 million people | Japan |
| 1920s | 13.39 million people | 59.97 million people | 46.58 million people | Japan |
| 1930s | 15.14 million people | 68.59 million people | 53.45 million people | Japan |
| 1940s | 18.41 million people | 78.34 million people | 59.93 million people | Japan |
| 1950s | 23.57 million people | 91.55 million people | 67.98 million people | Japan |
| 1960s | 30.28 million people | 100.60 million people | 70.32 million people | Japan |
| 1970s | 38.54 million people | 112.40 million people | 73.86 million people | Japan |
| 1980s | 50.11 million people | 120.67 million people | 70.57 million people | Japan |
| 1990s | 64.97 million people | 125.31 million people | 60.34 million people | Japan |
| 2000s | 80.27 million people | 127.76 million people | 47.49 million people | Japan |
| 2010s | 98.45 million people | 127.45 million people | 29.00 million people | Japan |
| 2020s | 111.86 million people | 125.34 million people | 13.48 million people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Egypt or Japan?
- Japan, at 124.37 million people against 114.54 million people in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Egypt and Japan?
- 9.84 million people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Japan?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Japan rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Egypt ranks 15th and Japan ranks 13th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.