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Japan – Birth Rate

Name: Japan Birth Rate
Creator: World Bank
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people. Number of live births occurring during the year per 1,000 midyear population. · World Bank

6.0 −0.3 from 2022 G20 rank: 7th · all-time high: 19.4 (1967)

Japan's birth rate was 6.0 in 2023, a decrease of +0.3 from 6.3 in 2022. This ranked 7th in the G20. The all-time high was 19.4 in 1967.

APA

Japan Birth Rate. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 12, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/japan/birth-rate

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_japan_birth-rate,
  title = {Japan Birth Rate},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/japan/birth-rate},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Japan Birth Rate – Historical Data
Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	5.3	–	–
2025* trend	5.5	–	–
2023	6.0	−0.3	7th
2022	6.3	−0.3	6th
2021	6.6	−0.2	5th
2020	6.8	−0.2	6th
2019	7.0	−0.4	7th
2018	7.4	−0.2	8th
2017	7.6	−0.2	7th
2016	7.8	−0.2	1st
2015	8.0	+0.0	1st
2014	8.0	−0.2	2nd
2013	8.2	+0.0	3rd
2012	8.2	−0.1	1st
2011	8.3	−0.2	2nd
2010	8.5	+0.0	2nd
2009	8.5	−0.2	2nd
2008	8.7	+0.1	2nd
2007	8.6	−0.1	2nd
2006	8.7	+0.3	3rd
2005	8.4	−0.4	4th
2004	8.8	−0.1	4th
2003	8.9	−0.3	9th
2002	9.2	−0.1	12th
2001	9.3	−0.2	14th
2000	9.5	+0.1	13th
1999	9.4	−0.2	15th
1998	9.6	+0.1	15th
1997	9.5	−0.2	12th
1996	9.7	+0.1	13th
1995	9.6	−0.4	11th
1994	10.0	+0.4	10th
1993	9.6	−0.2	2nd
1992	9.8	−0.1	1st
1991	9.9	−0.1	3rd
1990	10.0	−0.2	3rd
1989	10.2	−0.6	4th
1988	10.8	−0.3	5th
1987	11.1	−0.3	6th
1986	11.4	−0.5	7th
1985	11.9	−0.6	14th
1984	12.5	−0.2	16th
1983	12.7	−0.1	16th
1982	12.8	−0.2	16th
1981	13.0	−0.6	15th
1980	13.6	−0.6	16th
1979	14.2	−0.7	21st
1978	14.9	−0.6	23rd
1977	15.5	−0.8	30th
1976	16.3	−0.8	35th
1975	17.1	−1.5	39th
1974	18.6	−0.8	43rd
1973	19.4	+0.1	49th
1972	19.3	+0.1	42nd
1971	19.2	+0.4	41st
1970	18.8	+0.3	40th
1969	18.5	−0.1	38th
1968	18.6	−0.8	38th
1967	19.4	+5.7	40th
1966	13.7	−4.9	3rd
1965	18.6	+0.9	33rd
1964	17.7	+0.4	20th
1963	17.3	+0.3	15th
1962	17.0	+0.1	14th
1961	16.9	−0.3	11th
1960	17.2	–	12th

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +25.4% GDP growth 2.2% C/A balance 3.7%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

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Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Japan matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2004. Historically, 67% of countries showing this pattern (460 out of 682) saw birth rate improve within 24 months. View full analysis →