The Population API provides historical, current, and projected future population statistics about every country in the world.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/population
Get population data from given parameters. Returns a list of up to 5 country population statistics that satisfy the parameters. For more results use the offset parameter.
At least one of the following parameters must be set: country, min_population, max_population
country optionalCountry name (case-insensitive) or 2-letter ISO-3166 alpha-2 code of the country. E.g. Japan or JP.
min_population optionalMinimum population of country.
max_population optionalMaximum population of country.
offset optionalOffset results for pagination.
X-Api-Key requiredAPI Key associated with your account.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/population?country=JapanHeaders
X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key1
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{
"country_name": "Japan",
"historical_population": [
{
"year": 2024,
"population": 123753041,
"yearly_change_percentage": -0.5,
"yearly_change": -617906,
"migrants": 153357,
"median_age": 49.4,
"fertility_rate": 1.22,
"density": 339,
"urban_population_pct": 92.9,
"urban_population": 114979260,
"percentage_of_world_population": 1.52,
"rank": 12
},
{
"year": 2023,
"population": 124370947,
"yearly_change_percentage": -0.5,
"yearly_change": -626631,
"migrants": 175003,
"median_age": 49,
"fertility_rate": 1.21,
"density": 341,
"urban_population_pct": 92.7,
"urban_population": 115292289,
"percentage_of_world_population": 1.54,
"rank": 12
},
...
],
"population_forecast": [
{
"year": 2025,
"population": 123103479,
"yearly_change_percentage": -0.51,
"yearly_change": -640213,
"migrants": 140579,
"median_age": 49.8,
"fertility_rate": 1.23,
"density": 338,
"urban_population_pct": 93.1,
"urban_population": 114645589,
"percentage_of_world_population": 1.5,
"rank": 12
},
{
"year": 2030,
"population": 119584121,
"yearly_change_percentage": -0.58,
"yearly_change": -703872,
"migrants": 123993,
"median_age": 51.5,
"fertility_rate": 1.26,
"density": 328,
"urban_population_pct": 94.3,
"urban_population": 112710068,
"percentage_of_world_population": 1.4,
"rank": 15
},
...
]
}1
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import requests
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/population?country=United States'
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print(response.text)
else:
print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.