Israel vs Japan
Israel vs Japan: Net migration rate
Net migration rate in 2023: 1.1 per 1,000 people in Israel and 1.4 per 1,000 people in Japan, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Japan, by 0.3 per 1,000 people, or 1.3 times that in Israel.
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Israel.
- In 2023, Israel ranked 78 and Japan ranked 75 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Israel at 0.6 per 1,000 people and Japan at 1 per 1,000 people in 2100.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Israel | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | -0.3 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2015 | 3.7 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| 2012 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| 2011 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| 2010 | 1.8 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 1.7 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| 2004 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| 2001 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| 2000 | 10.4 | 0.2 |
| 1999 | 13.2 | 0.4 |
| 1998 | 9.1 | 0.4 |
| 1997 | 10.7 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | 12.2 | 0.2 |
| 1995 | 11.5 | 0.7 |
| 1994 | 11 | 1.2 |
| 1993 | 9.7 | 1.4 |
| 1992 | 11.6 | 1.4 |
| 1991 | 32 | 1.3 |
| 1990 | 39.3 | 1 |
| 1989 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
| 1988 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 1987 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 1986 | -0.9 | 0.2 |
| 1985 | -0.9 | -1.2 |
| 1984 | 2.7 | -2.3 |
| 1983 | 0.2 | -2.2 |
| 1982 | 4.3 | -2.4 |
| 1981 | 4.2 | -2.3 |
| 1980 | 4.4 | -0.8 |
| 1979 | 4.3 | -0.5 |
| 1978 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| 1977 | 3.7 | -0.4 |
| 1976 | 3.1 | -0.3 |
| 1975 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 1974 | 3.7 | -0.1 |
| 1973 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| 1972 | 8.9 | -0.7 |
| 1971 | 17.7 | -1 |
| 1970 | 19.6 | 0.3 |
| 1969 | 21.8 | 0.5 |
| 1968 | 23 | 0.4 |
| 1967 | 23.4 | 0.3 |
| 1966 | 23.6 | 0.7 |
| 1965 | 23.5 | -0.5 |
| 1964 | 24.2 | -1 |
| 1963 | 25.2 | -1 |
| 1962 | 25.6 | -0.6 |
| 1961 | 17.6 | -0.6 |
| 1960 | 5.8 | -1.6 |
| 1959 | 7.9 | -2.1 |
| 1958 | 9.5 | -2.4 |
| 1957 | 11.2 | -1.7 |
| 1956 | 12.5 | -1.6 |
| 1955 | 13.4 | -1 |
| 1954 | 15.4 | -0.8 |
| 1953 | 14 | -0.3 |
| 1952 | 14.6 | -0.6 |
| 1951 | 16.4 | -0.6 |
| 1950 | 17.4 | -0.3 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Israel | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1-9.8–11.6 | 1.20.1–2.5 |
| 2025 | 1.2-13.4–15.5 | 1.1-0.3–2.7 |
| 2026 | 1.4-15.7–17.6 | 1.1-0.6–2.8 |
| 2027 | 1.4-18.3–18.7 | 1-0.7–3 |
| 2028 | 1.4-19.9–20.1 | 1-0.9–3.1 |
| 2029 | 1.3-20.8–21.2 | 1.1-0.9–3.4 |
| 2030 | 1.6-21.6–22.4 | 1-1–3.3 |
| 2031 | 1.7-21.9–22.6 | 1-1.1–3.3 |
| 2032 | 1.1-22.8–22.5 | 1-1.1–3.3 |
| 2033 | 1.1-23.9–23.7 | 1.1-1.1–3.3 |
| 2034 | 1.2-22.5–24 | 1-1–3.4 |
| 2035 | 1.4-24.2–24.1 | 1-1.1–3.6 |
| 2036 | 1-25.8–24.8 | 1-1.2–3.5 |
| 2037 | 1.6-23.5–23.1 | 1-1.3–3.5 |
| 2038 | 1.6-24.5–24.9 | 1.1-1.4–3.4 |
| 2039 | 1.7-24.7–25.8 | 1.1-1.4–3.5 |
| 2040 | 1.4-25.4–25.2 | 1.1-1.4–3.5 |
| 2041 | 1.5-26.1–25.6 | 1-1.4–3.4 |
| 2042 | 1.7-25–25.6 | 1.1-1.5–3.6 |
| 2043 | 1.6-27.1–26.2 | 1.1-1.4–3.6 |
| 2044 | 1.7-25.2–26.7 | 1.1-1.4–3.7 |
| 2045 | 1.2-24.5–27.2 | 1-1.5–3.7 |
| 2046 | 1.3-26.2–27.6 | 1.1-1.5–3.6 |
| 2047 | 1.1-26.1–26.2 | 1.1-1.5–3.5 |
| 2048 | 1.1-26.8–26.7 | 1.1-1.4–3.7 |
| 2049 | 1.4-26.9–25.8 | 1.1-1.5–3.8 |
| 2050 | 1.5-26.6–27.4 | 1.1-1.6–3.7 |
| 2051 | 1.4-26.3–25.8 | 1.1-1.8–3.7 |
| 2052 | 1.5-28.1–26.3 | 1.1-1.7–3.7 |
| 2053 | 1.7-26.4–26.4 | 1.1-1.8–3.7 |
| 2054 | 2.1-25.1–27.1 | 1-1.7–3.6 |
| 2055 | 1.8-26.9–26 | 1.1-1.6–3.7 |
| 2056 | 1.5-26.1–25.1 | 1-1.7–3.7 |
| 2057 | 1.6-27.3–25.4 | 1.1-1.7–3.7 |
| 2058 | 1.5-26.6–25.2 | 1.1-1.7–3.6 |
| 2059 | 1.4-26.8–25.7 | 1-1.7–3.6 |
| 2060 | 1.8-24.7–26.4 | 1-1.5–3.4 |
| 2061 | 1.4-24.9–26.1 | 1.1-1.8–3.7 |
| 2062 | 1.3-26–28.5 | 1.1-1.9–3.7 |
| 2063 | 1.7-27–27.4 | 1.1-1.9–3.9 |
| 2064 | 1-27.1–26 | 1.2-1.7–3.8 |
| 2065 | 1.4-27.6–26.1 | 1.1-2.1–3.8 |
| 2066 | 1-29.6–27.6 | 1.1-1.7–3.8 |
| 2067 | 1.2-27.8–27.2 | 1.1-1.8–3.8 |
| 2068 | 1.2-24.8–27.4 | 1-2–3.8 |
| 2069 | 1.5-26.3–27.4 | 1.1-2.1–4 |
| 2070 | 1.4-24.8–27.5 | 1-2.1–3.7 |
| 2071 | 1.1-26.3–26.4 | 1.1-1.9–3.7 |
| 2072 | 0.3-28.8–26 | 1.1-2–3.8 |
| 2073 | 0.7-28.3–26 | 1-2–3.6 |
| 2074 | 0.9-28.3–27.5 | 1.1-1.9–3.8 |
| 2075 | 1.1-27.4–27.2 | 1.1-2.1–3.8 |
| 2076 | 1-26.4–26.6 | 1.1-2–3.8 |
| 2077 | 1.6-27.7–27.2 | 1.1-2–3.8 |
| 2078 | 1.5-26.1–28.3 | 1.1-1.7–3.7 |
| 2079 | 1.3-27.1–26.2 | 1.1-1.8–3.8 |
| 2080 | 1.6-29.3–26.5 | 1.1-1.8–3.7 |
| 2081 | 1.2-28.1–26.9 | 1.1-1.8–4 |
| 2082 | 1-28.6–26.8 | 1.1-1.7–3.7 |
| 2083 | 1.2-28.6–26.8 | 1.1-1.8–3.8 |
| 2084 | 1.4-27.1–27.5 | 1.1-1.9–3.8 |
| 2085 | 1.2-27.2–27.7 | 1-1.9–3.7 |
| 2086 | 1.1-26.7–27.3 | 1-1.8–3.9 |
| 2087 | 0.9-28.6–25 | 1.1-1.8–3.9 |
| 2088 | 0.8-28.7–26.6 | 1.1-1.8–4 |
| 2089 | 0.5-28.9–26.2 | 1-2–3.8 |
| 2090 | 1-29.1–27.5 | 1-1.9–3.5 |
| 2091 | 1.1-26.5–26.7 | 1-1.8–3.9 |
| 2092 | 1.1-28.2–27.2 | 1-2–3.7 |
| 2093 | 1.1-28.1–26.3 | 1-2.1–3.8 |
| 2094 | 0.8-28.8–25.7 | 1.1-2.2–3.9 |
| 2095 | 0.7-26.4–25.3 | 1-2.3–3.8 |
| 2096 | 0.8-26.1–27.8 | 1-2.4–3.8 |
| 2097 | 0.5-26.8–26.4 | 1.1-2.4–3.7 |
| 2098 | 0.5-26.2–24.2 | 1-2.1–3.7 |
| 2099 | 0.8-26.3–25.3 | 1-2.1–3.8 |
| 2100 | 0.6-27.3–25 | 1-2.2–3.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Israel vs Japan
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025