Germany vs Japan: Population Comparison

Compare the same 2024 observation in people, then explore both economies' history. This is a population headcount, not population density. The economic snapshot is distinct from GDV's dedicated population datasets and their source revisions.

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Population comparison in 2024, using people
Economy	Population (people)	Year	Rank among reporting economies
Germany	83,516,593	2024	19 / 218
Japan	123,975,371	2024	12 / 218

Germany reports 83,516,593 and Japan reports 123,975,371 in 2024. The difference (Germany minus Japan) is -40,458,778 people. Both ranks use the same 218 reporting economies.

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Population · people

9.65K189.96K3.74M73.68M1.45B

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World Bank WDI + Taiwan patch · Snapshot retrieved 6 Oct 2026 · Exact-year observations

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Country rankings · 2024

218 reporting economies; 0 without data. Ranks use the selected indicator and year.

218 economies shown

Population rankings for 2024; missing values appear last. All money values use the stated unit.
Rank	Economy		GDP per capitacurrent US$	GDP growthannual %	Inflationannual %
1	India	1.45B	$2.59K	7.10%	4.95%
2	China	1.41B	$13.29K	4.96%	0.22%
3	United States	340M	$86.17K	2.79%	2.95%
4	Indonesia	283.49M	$4.93K	5.03%	2.18%
5	Pakistan	251.27M	$1.48K	3.08%	12.63%
6	Nigeria	232.68M	$1.08K	4.07%	33.24%
7	Brazil	212M	$10.31K	3.42%	4.37%
8	Bangladesh	173.56M	$2.59K	4.22%	10.47%
9	Russian Federation	143.67M	$14.96K	4.92%	8.43%
10	Ethiopia	132.06M	$1.13K	7.61%	21.04%
11	Mexico	130.86M	$13.99K	1.35%	4.72%
12	Japan	123.98M	$33.8K	-0.24%	2.74%
13	Egypt	116.54M	$3.34K	2.40%	28.27%
14	Philippines	115.84M	$3.99K	5.71%	3.21%
15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	109.28M	$693	6.10%	Not reported
16	Viet Nam	100.99M	$4.72K	7.04%	3.62%
17	Iran	91.57M	$5.19K	3.66%	32.46%
18	Turkiye	85.52M	$15.89K	3.33%	58.51%
19	Germany	83.52M	$56.1K	-0.50%	2.26%
20	Thailand	71.67M	$7.39K	2.95%	0.40%
21	United Kingdom	69.28M	$53.34K	1.08%	3.27%
22	Tanzania	68.56M	$1.19K	5.53%	3.06%
23	France	68.55M	$46.1K	1.19%	2.00%
24	South Africa	64.01M	$6.27K	0.53%	4.36%
25	Italy	58.95M	$40.43K	0.78%	0.98%
26	Kenya	56.43M	$2.13K	4.66%	4.49%
27	Myanmar	54.5M	$1.36K	-0.97%	Not reported
28	Colombia	52.89M	$7.95K	1.49%	6.61%
29	South Korea	51.75M	$36.24K	2.00%	2.32%
30	Sudan	50.45M	$985	-13.96%	Not reported
31	Uganda	50.02M	$1.08K	6.06%	3.32%
32	Spain	48.85M	$35.33K	3.46%	2.75%
33	Algeria	46.81M	$5.75K	3.70%	4.05%
34	Iraq	46.04M	$6.07K	-1.55%	2.61%
35	Argentina	45.7M	$13.97K	-1.34%	219.88%
36	Afghanistan	42.65M	$417	1.87%	-6.60%
37	Canada	41.26M	$55.02K	2.05%	2.38%
38	Yemen	40.58M	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
39	Morocco	38.08M	$4.15K	3.79%	0.99%
40	Angola	37.89M	$2.72K	4.95%	28.24%
41	Ukraine	37.86M	$5.39K	3.25%	6.50%
42	Poland	36.56M	$25.1K	3.03%	3.79%
43	Uzbekistan	36.36M	$3.34K	6.68%	9.63%
44	Malaysia	35.56M	$11.87K	5.11%	1.83%
45	Saudi Arabia	35.3M	$35.53K	2.65%	1.69%
46	Mozambique	34.63M	$657	2.15%	4.08%
47	Ghana	34.43M	$2.42K	5.85%	22.85%
48	Peru	34.22M	$8.53K	3.52%	2.01%
49	Madagascar	31.96M	$550	4.32%	7.61%
50	Côte d’Ivoire	31.93M	$2.73K	6.02%	3.45%
51	Nepal	29.65M	$1.46K	3.68%	4.69%
52	Cameroon	29.12M	$1.83K	3.52%	4.53%
53	Venezuela	28.41M	$4.24K	5.52%	Not reported
54	Australia	27.19M	$64.61K	1.37%	3.17%
55	Niger	27.03M	$730	8.32%	9.07%
56	North Korea	26.5M	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
57	Syrian Arab Republic	24.67M	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
58	Mali	24.48M	$1.09K	5.02%	3.21%
59	Burkina Faso	23.55M	$982	4.83%	4.19%
60	Taiwan	23.4M	$34.25K	5.30%	2.20%
61	Sri Lanka	21.92M	$4.55K	4.99%	-0.43%
62	Malawi	21.66M	$522	1.67%	32.18%
63	Zambia	21.31M	$1.19K	3.82%	14.99%
64	Kazakhstan	20.59M	$14.16K	5.00%	8.69%
65	Chad	20.3M	$981	4.95%	8.90%
66	Chile	19.76M	$16.66K	2.81%	4.30%
67	Romania	19.05M	$20.08K	0.92%	5.72%
68	Somalia	19.01M	$630	4.11%	Not reported
69	Senegal	18.5M	$1.74K	6.46%	0.80%
70	Guatemala	18.41M	$6.15K	3.72%	2.87%
71	Ecuador	18.14M	$6.83K	-1.94%	1.55%
72	Netherlands	17.99M	$67.47K	1.07%	3.35%
73	Cambodia	17.64M	$2.63K	6.02%	0.81%
74	Zimbabwe	16.63M	$2.5K	1.68%	Not reported
75	Guinea	14.75M	$1.7K	5.35%	8.12%
76	Benin	14.46M	$1.49K	7.45%	1.16%
77	Rwanda	14.26M	$1.06K	7.23%	1.77%
78	Burundi	14.05M	$216	4.11%	20.21%
79	Bolivia	12.41M	$4.42K	-1.12%	5.10%
80	Tunisia	12.28M	$4.19K	1.61%	7.21%
81	South Sudan	11.94M	Not reported	Not reported	91.44%
82	Belgium	11.86M	$56.58K	1.10%	3.14%
83	Haiti	11.77M	$2.06K	-4.18%	26.95%
84	Jordan	11.55M	$5.07K	2.56%	1.56%
85	Dominican Republic	11.43M	$10.88K	4.95%	3.30%
86	United Arab Emirates	10.99M	$50.27K	3.99%	1.66%
87	Cuba	10.98M	Not reported	-1.06%	Not reported
88	Czechia	10.91M	$31.83K	1.25%	2.44%
89	Honduras	10.83M	$3.42K	3.63%	4.61%
90	Portugal	10.69M	$29.33K	2.21%	2.42%
91	Tajikistan	10.59M	$1.36K	8.40%	Not reported
92	Papua New Guinea	10.58M	$2.91K	3.89%	0.60%
93	Sweden	10.57M	$57.22K	1.02%	2.84%
94	Greece	10.41M	$24.63K	2.09%	2.74%
95	Azerbaijan	10.2M	$7.3K	4.16%	2.21%
96	Israel	10M	$54.22K	0.95%	3.07%
97	Hungary	9.56M	$23.31K	0.71%	3.70%
98	Austria	9.18M	$58.27K	-0.66%	2.94%
99	Belarus	9.13M	$8.61K	4.35%	5.79%
100	Switzerland	9.01M	$107.7K	1.39%	1.06%
101	Sierra Leone	8.64M	$807	4.29%	28.63%
102	Togo	8.41M	$1.27K	6.53%	2.86%
103	Lao PDR	7.77M	$2.12K	4.13%	23.13%
104	Hong Kong	7.52M	$54.28K	2.63%	1.73%
105	Turkmenistan	7.49M	$5.9K	6.28%	Not reported
106	Libya	7.38M	$6.57K	1.90%	2.13%
107	Kyrgyz Republic	7.22M	$2.52K	11.54%	5.00%
108	Paraguay	6.93M	$6.46K	4.67%	3.84%
109	Nicaragua	6.92M	$2.85K	3.58%	4.62%
110	Serbia	6.59M	$13.68K	3.95%	4.67%
111	Bulgaria	6.44M	$17.6K	3.39%	2.45%
112	El Salvador	6.34M	$5.5K	2.59%	0.85%
113	Republic of the Congo	6.33M	$2.48K	2.10%	3.09%
114	Singapore	6.04M	$94.9K	5.34%	2.39%
115	Denmark	5.98M	$71.03K	3.48%	1.37%
116	Lebanon	5.81M	$4.47K	-7.08%	45.24%
117	Finland	5.62M	$53.16K	0.37%	1.57%
118	Liberia	5.61M	$851	4.02%	8.21%
119	Norway	5.57M	$89.89K	1.42%	3.15%
120	Slovak Republic	5.42M	$25.99K	1.94%	2.76%
121	Ireland	5.4M	$112.9K	2.60%	2.11%
122	Central African Republic	5.33M	$516	1.50%	1.48%
123	New Zealand	5.29M	$49.43K	-0.87%	2.92%
124	West Bank and Gaza	5.29M	$3.03K	-22.86%	53.67%
125	Oman	5.28M	$20.29K	1.63%	0.59%
126	Mauritania	5.17M	$2.11K	6.31%	2.49%
127	Costa Rica	5.13M	$18.85K	4.08%	-0.41%
128	Kuwait	4.9M	$32.86K	-1.47%	2.90%
129	Panama	4.52M	$19.16K	2.75%	0.69%
130	Croatia	3.87M	$24.05K	3.83%	2.97%
131	Georgia	3.81M	$8.97K	9.68%	1.11%
132	Eritrea	3.54M	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
133	Mongolia	3.52M	$6.75K	5.12%	6.20%
134	Uruguay	3.39M	$24.31K	3.33%	4.85%
135	Puerto Rico (US)	3.2M	$39.35K	3.18%	Not reported
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.16M	$9.4K	3.23%	Not reported
137	Armenia	3.03M	$8.56K	5.90%	0.27%
138	Namibia	3.03M	$4.5K	3.78%	4.24%
139	Lithuania	2.89M	$29.6K	3.03%	0.72%
140	Qatar	2.86M	$75.69K	3.11%	1.27%
141	Jamaica	2.84M	$7.75K	-0.54%	5.41%
142	Gambia	2.76M	$871	5.55%	11.56%
143	Gabon	2.54M	$8.23K	3.39%	1.17%
144	Botswana	2.52M	$7.65K	-2.78%	2.82%
145	Moldova	2.4M	$7.58K	0.27%	4.68%
146	Albania	2.38M	$11.37K	4.05%	2.22%
147	Lesotho	2.34M	$1.02K	5.23%	6.11%
148	Guinea-Bissau	2.2M	$998	4.41%	3.77%
149	Slovenia	2.13M	$34.3K	1.73%	1.97%
150	Equatorial Guinea	1.89M	$7K	0.40%	2.92%
151	Latvia	1.87M	$23.58K	-0.04%	1.27%
152	North Macedonia	1.82M	$9.29K	2.99%	3.49%
153	Kosovo	1.59M	$7.03K	4.57%	1.62%
154	Bahrain	1.59M	$29.72K	2.90%	0.92%
155	Timor-Leste	1.4M	$1.33K	-9.10%	2.06%
156	Estonia	1.37M	$31.43K	-0.09%	3.52%
157	Trinidad and Tobago	1.37M	$18.73K	2.51%	0.53%
158	Cyprus	1.36M	$38.67K	3.94%	1.80%
159	Mauritius	1.25M	$11.99K	4.95%	3.60%
160	Eswatini	1.24M	$3.91K	3.03%	Not reported
161	Djibouti	1.17M	$3.55K	6.98%	2.11%
162	Fiji	928.78K	$6.43K	3.53%	3.89%
163	Comoros	866.63K	$1.86K	3.30%	5.05%
164	Guyana	831.09K	$29.68K	43.82%	2.90%
165	Solomon Islands	819.2K	$1.93K	3.00%	4.32%
166	Bhutan	791.52K	$4.23K	7.50%	2.76%
167	Macao	687K	$72.01K	7.85%	0.67%
168	Luxembourg	677.01K	$137.78K	0.36%	2.05%
169	Suriname	634.43K	$6.96K	1.72%	16.23%
170	Montenegro	623.53K	$13.27K	3.16%	3.34%
171	Malta	568.85K	$44.02K	6.21%	1.65%
172	Maldives	527.8K	$13.38K	3.49%	1.41%
173	Cabo Verde	524.88K	$5.17K	6.99%	1.05%
174	Brunei Darussalam	462.72K	$33.15K	4.05%	-0.39%
175	Belize	417.07K	$7.68K	3.50%	3.29%
176	Bahamas	401.28K	$39.46K	3.38%	0.41%
177	Iceland	386.51K	$85.86K	-1.28%	5.86%
178	Vanuatu	327.78K	$3.96K	3.77%	1.14%
179	New Caledonia	292.64K	$29.21K	-13.50%	Not reported
180	Barbados	282.47K	$26.9K	3.37%	1.45%
181	French Polynesia	281.81K	$22.44K	1.13%	Not reported
182	Sao Tome and Principe	235.54K	$3.5K	1.48%	14.35%
183	Samoa	218.02K	$5.39K	4.75%	2.17%
184	St. Lucia	179.74K	$14.49K	4.77%	-0.67%
185	Channel Islands	168.13K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
186	Guam	167.78K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
187	Curacao	155.97K	$22.83K	5.03%	Not reported
188	Kiribati	134.52K	$2.55K	4.70%	2.46%
189	Seychelles	121.35K	$18.37K	3.35%	0.31%
190	Grenada	117.21K	$11.53K	2.40%	1.09%
191	Micronesia	113.16K	$4.25K	2.30%	Not reported
192	Aruba	108K	$38.59K	6.81%	Not reported
193	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	104.38K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
194	Tonga	104.18K	$6.22K	1.72%	3.18%
195	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100.62K	$11.5K	4.06%	3.63%
196	Antigua and Barbuda	93.77K	$23.06K	2.54%	6.20%
197	Isle of Man	84.16K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
198	Andorra	81.94K	$49.36K	3.85%	Not reported
199	Cayman Islands	74.46K	$104.29K	3.76%	Not reported
200	Dominica	66.21K	$10.41K	2.05%	2.74%
201	Bermuda	64.64K	$142.25K	1.89%	Not reported
202	Greenland	56.84K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
203	Faroe Islands	54.64K	$74.18K	0.84%	Not reported
204	St. Kitts and Nevis	46.84K	$23.96K	0.31%	Not reported
205	American Samoa	46.77K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	46.54K	$37.51K	5.64%	Not reported
207	Northern Mariana Islands	44.28K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
208	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	43.35K	$41.47K	3.00%	Not reported
209	Liechtenstein	40.45K	$220.17K	Not reported	Not reported
210	British Virgin Islands	39.47K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
211	Gibraltar	39.33K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
212	Monaco	38.63K	$288K	8.51%	Not reported
213	Marshall Islands	37.55K	$7.59K	3.30%	Not reported
214	San Marino	33.98K	Not reported	Not reported	1.24%
215	St. Martin (French part)	26.13K	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
216	Palau	17.7K	$18.17K	12.01%	2.23%
217	Nauru	11.95K	$14.05K	1.45%	Not reported
218	Tuvalu	9.65K	$5.88K	3.39%	Not reported

Sum over reporting economies: 8.14B · 218 reporting economies in 2024. This is a partial sum, not a complete world total.

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This explorer uses a frozen snapshot retrieved on 6 October 2026, covering 1985–2025. The observation year is shown beside each value. World Bank WDI metadata records an API revision of 13 July 2026; retrieval date and observation year describe different things.

World Bank World Development Indicators supplies the main country series. Taiwan is included through a separate patch, labelled National Statistics, Taiwan (DGBAS) in the delivered files. The accompanying reference describes an IMF WEO patch; that provenance discrepancy remains unresolved. The Census population cross-check mentioned in the metadata is not a bundled data series.

Countries and territories are joined by ISO3 code to Natural Earth 110m boundaries. The map contains 177 polygons, plus 47 markers for economies without a polygon at this scale. It is a statistical overview; the geometry is not intended for detailed boundary work.

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