Skip to content
WorldPop

🇪🇬 Egypt vs 🇯🇵 Japan

Japan has 5M more people — 123,366,734 against 118,365,995. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇪🇬 Egypt
118,365,995
Africa · rank #13 · +1.56%
World Bank, 2025
🇯🇵 Japan
123,366,734
Asia · rank #12 · −0.49%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorEgyptJapan
Population118,365,99513th of 240123,366,73412th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.56%73rd of 240−0.49%218th of 240
Population Density/km²115/km²101st of 240342/km²39th of 240
Land Areakm²995,450 km²29th of 240364,569 km²62nd of 240
Urban Population42.9%183rd of 24092.3%30th of 240
GDP per Capita$3,086185th of 240$35,95155th of 240
GDP Growth+4.4%68th of 210+1.2%164th of 210
Life Expectancyyears71.8 years160th of 24084.0 years10th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.74 births per woman65th of 2401.15 births per woman223rd of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.9 per 1,00068th of 2135.7 per 1,000207th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.5 per 1,000174th of 21313.3 per 1,0009th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births20.8 per 1,000 live births67th of 1941.8 per 1,000 live births190th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.8%65th of 1862.5%163rd of 186
Inflation Rate14.1%16th of 1913.2%93rd of 191
Poverty Rate33.5%46th of 16415.7%118th of 164
Gini Index28.5148th of 17032.3118th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP4.9% of GDP128th of 19210.7% of GDP20th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.67 per 1,000144th of 2062.65 per 1,00072nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.06 per 1,000151st of 19912.59 per 1,0006th of 199
Literacy Rate79.5%125th of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.8% of GDP117th of 2023.3% of GDP135th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary84.8% gross, secondary131st of 207101.5% gross, secondary56th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption6.1% of final consumption164th of 2118.8% of final consumption153rd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area0.0% of land area205th of 21168.4% of land area19th of 211
Internet Penetration74.6%122nd of 21185.5%84th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people97.1 per 100 people145th of 212178.4 per 100 people12th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births17 per 100,000 live births127th of 1933 per 100,000 live births181st of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.67% of GDP144th of 1631.37% of GDP97th of 163
Protected Areasof land area13.1% of land area138th of 21129.7% of land area38th of 211
Median Ageyears24.5 years174th of 24049.8 years5th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years103rd of 14812.8 years13th of 148
Human Development Index0.75499th of 1920.92523rd of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.86/ 10149th of 1646.13/ 1063rd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.22 tonnes per capita127th of 2127.77 tonnes per capita36th of 212
Obesity Rate42.8%14th of 1985.2%191st of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

EgyptJapan
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Egypt and Japan population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Egypt195021.1M
Egypt197538.9M
Egypt200073.1M
Egypt2025118.4M
Egypt2050161.6M
Egypt2075190.5M
Egypt2100201.9M
Japan195086.4M
Japan1975113.3M
Japan2000127M
Japan2025123.1M
Japan2050105.1M
Japan207587.4M
Japan210076.8M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

More Comparisons