🇯🇵 Migration to & from Japan

Historic Net Migration for Japan (1950-2024)

Japan has seen an increase in net migrations since the 1950's.

Year	Net Migration	Overall Population +/-
1950	-61,846	1,393,571
1951	-44,626	1,267,280
1952	-37,471	1,209,299
1953	-39,697	1,061,454
1954	-51,485	1,010,303
1955	-72,784	984,222
1956	-77,895	878,336
1957	-79,342	753,874
1958	-71,366	913,387
1959	-62,386	895,992
1960	-46,245	881,716
1961	-33,403	899,521
1962	-18,594	925,330
1963	3,819	1,032,327
1964	29,206	1,112,937
1965	49,763	1,185,869
1966	65,702	810,452
1967	74,137	1,311,437
1968	93,749	1,271,418
1969	116,285	1,294,179
1970	124,197	1,335,344
1971	110,997	1,409,688
1972	93,814	1,452,409
1973	67,245	1,465,723
1974	38,925	1,375,383
1975	22,942	1,247,853
1976	47,790	1,178,596
1977	31,569	1,094,707
1978	852	1,001,310
1979	-21,454	910,658
1980	-30,594	806,716
1981	-39,929	716,337
1982	-32,082	708,502
1983	-18,563	682,718
1984	-11,510	671,231
1985	-8,228	625,378
1986	-12,925	557,170
1987	-3,413	559,990
1988	8,399	498,843
1989	17,970	445,849
1990	26,291	385,498
1991	31,126	389,846
1992	34,064	351,554
1993	39,228	318,213
1994	41,331	361,171
1995	38,572	268,229
1996	41,491	316,280
1997	46,477	287,243
1998	56,577	273,568
1999	72,925	219,778
2000	84,477	277,818
2001	93,257	245,921
2002	102,260	226,119
2003	119,257	175,085
2004	135,835	162,787
2005	153,248	91,382
2006	160,536	116,206
2007	163,068	92,312
2008	158,396	50,102
2009	159,210	28,716
2010	148,460	-51,938
2011	139,793	-144,411
2012	137,344	-162,727
2013	134,721	-186,800
2014	139,401	-217,578
2015	150,215	-234,026
2016	156,993	-280,125
2017	164,070	-382,646
2018	177,470	-430,566
2019	183,953	-497,813
2020	87,584	-596,019
2021	87,584	-668,441
2022	99,994	-653,236
2023	99,994	-661,122
2024	99,994	-665,040

How is Net Migrations calculated?

The difference between immigrants and emigrants makes up the net migrations of a country. If the net migration numbers for the year are positive and indicated above with green coloring. Then more people immigrated than emigrated to Japan for that year, equal to the number displayed.

Future Net Migration for Japan (2024-2100)

Japan will see a decrease of net migrations by the year 2100.

Year	Net Migration	Overall Population +/-
2024	99,994	-665,040
2025	99,994	-677,009
2026	99,994	-678,830
2027	99,994	-684,948
2028	99,994	-691,775
2029	99,994	-698,506
2030	99,994	-706,085
2031	99,994	-712,158
2032	99,994	-719,037
2033	99,994	-724,742
2034	99,994	-729,489
2035	99,994	-738,549
2036	99,994	-745,657
2037	99,994	-750,770
2038	99,994	-753,582
2039	99,994	-754,117
2040	99,994	-752,913
2041	99,994	-751,076
2042	99,994	-750,058
2043	99,994	-751,302
2044	99,994	-745,528
2045	99,994	-740,976
2046	99,994	-734,904
2047	99,994	-728,726
2048	99,994	-723,113
2049	99,994	-715,559
2050	99,994	-710,292
2051	99,994	-705,050
2052	99,994	-700,840
2053	99,994	-700,723
2054	99,994	-705,772
2055	99,994	-711,342
2056	99,994	-715,013
2057	99,994	-722,517
2058	99,994	-728,113
2059	99,994	-736,770
2060	99,994	-743,228
2061	99,994	-747,849
2062	99,994	-752,104
2063	99,994	-756,762
2064	99,994	-760,721
2065	99,994	-759,785
2066	99,994	-757,139
2067	99,994	-753,350
2068	99,994	-741,278
2069	99,994	-734,272
2070	99,994	-719,528
2071	99,994	-705,460
2072	99,994	-687,879
2073	99,994	-670,710
2074	99,994	-648,475
2075	99,994	-629,491
2076	99,994	-610,768
2077	99,994	-590,120
2078	99,994	-571,531
2079	99,994	-556,308
2080	99,994	-539,428
2081	99,994	-523,071
2082	99,994	-512,578
2083	99,994	-501,622
2084	99,994	-490,293
2085	99,994	-483,064
2086	99,994	-476,876
2087	99,994	-470,026
2088	99,994	-463,117
2089	99,994	-460,212
2090	99,994	-453,418
2091	99,994	-450,531
2092	99,994	-445,648
2093	99,994	-442,326
2094	99,994	-437,181
2095	99,994	-431,646
2096	99,994	-429,198
2097	99,994	-422,652
2098	99,994	-415,475
2099	99,994	-412,088
2100	99,994	-403,599

Why is the chart for future net migrations mostly flat?

Predicting and projecting future movements of population is extremely hard. Especially, the further you move into the future. Thus, the scientist and data collectors of the United Nations tend to add a flat number when reasonable projections can't be made.

Causes of Migration

Causes of Immigration to Japan

Causes of Emigration from Japan

Common Questions

How many people emigrated from Japan in 2024?

How many people immigrated to Japan in 2024?

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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