IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank readings. Each figure below retains its own reference year, source and unit.
4379252999999.9995 current US dollars
0.7 annual percent change in real GDP
2.2 annual percent change in average consumer prices
2.5 percent of labor force
35703.432 current US dollars per person
123366734 people
204.4 percent of GDP
84.0363414634146 years
Nominal GDP: Rank 4 among 188 covered IMF economies for reference year 2026. This is a ranking of covered positive readings with the same reference-year label.
Each figure retains its own reference year, unit and source. Missing values are not zero. IMF readings can include estimates or projections; their stored release vintage, observation status and country-specific fiscal-year mapping are unavailable. A shared year label does not establish identical calendar periods.
Population follows the World Bank’s midyear-estimate definition. Nominal GDP is converted from stored billions of US dollars to US dollars. GDP per person is output per person, not a typical income; general-government gross debt is broader than central-government debt.
The stored nominal GDP reading is $4.38T (reference year 2026) and real GDP growth is 0.7% (reference year 2026). The cards retain each measure’s own period and source. Dated releases below provide additional context; their forecasts, estimates and plans remain distinct from observed outcomes.
provisional statistic
MHLW’s flash bulletin for December 2025, released February 26, 2026, reports 705,809 birth reports in its annual tally. Flash coverage includes non-Japanese people in Japan, Japanese people abroad and reports of earlier-year events. Its administrative tally is not interchangeable with the narrower event-based birth series below.
provisional statistic
MHLW’s provisional annual statistics for 2025 report 671,236 births and a total fertility rate of 1.14 children per woman. This publication covers events concerning Japanese nationals occurring in Japan. The fertility measure is a period rate, not observed completed family size. MHLW warns that the rate may change when recalculated with the 2025 census population. Broader preliminary registration counts use a different scope.
policy guideline
On July 31, 2026, the Bank of Japan set its guideline for the uncollateralized overnight call rate at around 1.0% for the intermeeting period. This is the policy guideline in that dated decision, not a measurement of every overnight transaction or a government-bond yield.
statistical release
Japan’s Ministry of Finance reports a net international investment position of ¥561,750 billion at the end of 2025, equivalent to ¥561.750 trillion. This is external financial assets minus liabilities at a point in time. It is distinct from annual GDP and government debt; an international creditor ranking requires comparable country coverage, valuation dates and currencies.
Source review: September 13, 2026 (UTC). These notes cite specific releases and definitions; they are not a live policy feed.
Japan: nominal gdp is $4.38T (current US dollars; reference year 2026). Source: International Monetary Fund (World Economic Outlook). Rank 4 among 188 covered IMF economies for reference year 2026.
Japan: real gdp growth is 0.7% (annual percent change in real GDP; reference year 2026). Source: International Monetary Fund (World Economic Outlook).
Japan: population is 123.4M (people; reference year 2025). Source: World Bank (World Development Indicators). The World Bank definition describes midyear population estimates.
Japan: life expectancy at birth is 84.0 years (years; reference year 2024). Source: World Bank (World Development Indicators).
