Demographics of Japan
Foreign residents
In 2005, there were 1,555,505 foreign residents in Japan, representing 1.22% of the Japanese population. Foreign Army personnel, of which there were up to 430,000 from the SCAP (post-occupation, United States Forces Japan) and 40,000 BCOF in the immediate post-war years, have not been at any time included in Japanese foreign resident statistics.

Demographics of Japan

Section Title: Foreign residents
Table Section Text: In 2005, there were 1,555,505 foreign residents in Japan, representing 1.22% of the Japanese population. Foreign Army personnel, of which there were up to 430,000 from the SCAP (post-occupation, United States Forces Japan) and 40,000 BCOF in the immediate post-war years, have not been at any time included in Japanese foreign resident statistics.

Country	2017	2015	2014	2012	2011	2010	2005	2000	1990	Main Articles

China China	711,486	665,847	654,777	652,555	674,879	687,156	519,561	335,575	137,499	Chinese people in Japan

South Korea South Korea	452,953	457,772	501,230	530,046	545,401	565,989	598,687	635,269	681,838	Koreans in Japan

Philippines	251,934	229,595	217,585	209,974	209,376	210,181	187,261	144,871	38,925	Filipinos in Japan

Vietnam	232,562	146,956	99,865	52,364	44,690	41,781	28,932	16,908	6,316	Vietnamese people in Japan

Brazil	185,967	173,437	175,410	190,581	210,032	230,552	302,080	254,394	14,258	Brazilians in Japan

Nepal	74,300	54,775	42,346	24,069	20,383	17,525	6,953	3,649	399	Nepalis in Japan

United States	54,918	52,271	51,256	48,357	49,815	50,667	49,390	44,856	34,900	Americans in Japan

Taiwan Taiwan	54,358	48,723	40,197	22,773	Taiwanese people in Japan [jp]

Thailand	48,952	45,379	43,081	40,130	42,750	41,279	37,703	29,289	5,542	Thais in Japan [jp]

Peru	47,861	47,721	47,978	49,248	52,842	54,636	57,728	46,171	4,121	Peruvian migration to Japan

Indonesia	46,350	35,910	30,210	25,530	24,660	24,895	25,097	19,346	2,781	Indonesians in Japan

North Korea North Korea	31,674	33,939	Koreans in Japan

India	30,048	26,244	24,524	21,653	21,501	22,497	16,988	10,064	2,926	Indians in Japan

Sri Lanka	20,716	13,152	10,741	8,427	9,303	9,097	9,013	5,655	1,064

Myanmar	20,346	13,737	10,252	8,045	8,692	8,577	5,342	4,851	894	Burmese people in Japan

United Kingdom	16,498	15,826	15,262	14,652	15,496	16,044	17,494	16,525	9,272	Britons in Japan

Pakistan	14,312	12,708	11,802	10,597	10,849	10,299	8,789	7,498	1,875	Pakistanis in Japan

Bangladesh	13,033	10,835	9,641	8,622	9,413	10,175	11,015	7,176	2,205	Bangladeshis in Japan

France	12,273	10,672	9,641	8,455	8,423	9,060	7,337	5,371	2,881	French people in Japan

Canada	10,085	9,538	9,286	9,006	9,484	9,995	12,022	10,088	4,172

Australia	9,981	9,843	9,350	8,888	9,166	9,756	11,277	9,188	3,073	Australians in Japan

Cambodia	9,598	6,111	4,090	2,862	2,770	2,683	2,263	1,761	1,148

Malaysia	9,394	8,738	8,288	7,848	8,136	8,364	7,910	8,386	4,309

Russia	8,500	8,092	7,859	7,295	7,566	7,814	7,110	4,893	340	Russians in Japan

Mongolia	8,364	6,590	5,796	4,837	4,774	4,949	3,762	1,209	23	Mongolians in Japan

Germany	6,755	6,336	5,864	5,223	5,303	5,971	5,356	4,295	3,410	Germans in Japan [jp]

Bolivia	5,657	5,412	5,333	5,283	5,567	5,720	6,139	3,915	238

Turkey	5,167	4,157	3,654	2,528	2,613	2,547	2,275	1,424	190	Turks in Japan・Kurds in Japan

Italy	4,019	3,536	3,267	2,629	2,642	2,731	2,083	1,579	890

Iran	3,988	3,996	3,976	3,996	4,725	4,841	5,227	6,167	988	Iranians in Japan

New Zealand	3,217	3,152	3,119	3,109	3,146	3,250	3,824	3,264	967

Afghanistan	2,873	2,639	2,154	1,609	1,355	1,148	593	430	Afghans in Japan [jp]

Spain	2,852	2,495	2,309	1,822	1,883	1,907	1,585	1,338	827

Nigeria	2,845	2,638	2,518	2,377	2,730	2,729	2,389	1,741	140	Nigerians in Japan

Singapore	2,763	2,501	2,366	2,135	2,440	2,512	2,283	1,940	1,042

Laos	2,730	2,592	2,556	2,521	2,584	2,639	2,393	1,677	864

Argentina	2,710	2,630	2,651	2,722	2,970	3,181	3,834	3,072	1,704

Romania	2,410	2,408	2,245	2,185	2,281	2,409	3,574	2,449	34	Romanians in Japan [jp]

Mexico	2,393	2,141	2,033	1,935	1,909	1,956	1,825	1,740	691

Colombia	2,366	2,268	2,244	2,253	2,505	2,606	2,902	2,496	373

Ghana	2,235	2,005	1,915	1,729	1,891	1,883	1,824	1,657	518	Ghanaians in Japan

Total Foreign Residents	2,471,458	2,232,189	2,121,831	2,033,656	2,078,508	2,134,151	2,011,555	1,686,444	984,455

Sentence(s)

In 2010, the number of foreigners in Japan was 2,134,151.

final_sentence: In 2010, the number of foreigners in Japan was 2,134,151.