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Student

Status of residence · Japan

Residents, December 2025
464,784
Share of all foreign residents
11.3%
Change on a year earlier
+15.6%
Nationalities
187
Residents464,784Dec 2025
Year by year
Data as at Dec 2025
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Residents by year

Foreign residents holding the Student status of residence at the end of each December. Study at universities, colleges of technology, high schools, vocational schools and Japanese language institutions.

Foreign residents

232k465k201220132014201520162017201820192022202320242025
232k465k2012201420162018202220242025
Data table
2012180,919
2013193,073
2014214,525
2015246,679
2016277,331
2017311,505
2018337,000
2019345,791
2022300,638
2023340,883
2024402,134
2025464,784
December 2025
464,784
December 2012
180,919
Work-related status
No
Source: Immigration Services Agency of Japan, Statistics on Foreign Residents (在留外国人統計), Table 1, end of December (e-Stat; Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0)Data as at Dec 2025

By nationality

Top 20 nationalities, end of December 2025. Hong Kong is shown separately but, as in the source table, is also counted within China.

Residents, December 2025
  1. China148,151
  2. Nepal116,151
  3. Vietnam47,145
  4. Myanmar35,732
  5. Sri Lanka20,172
  6. Bangladesh14,983
  7. South Korea14,523
  8. Taiwan8,945
  9. Indonesia7,927
  10. United States5,231
  11. Mongolia4,590
  12. Thailand3,867
  13. Philippines2,769
  14. Hong Kong2,749
  15. Uzbekistan2,677
  16. Malaysia2,664
  17. Pakistan2,647
  18. India2,487
  19. France2,349
  20. Germany1,738
Nationality2022202320242025
China125,940134,651141,496148,151
Nepal39,65655,60485,431116,151
Vietnam45,41143,17546,36747,145
Myanmar5,92512,17723,29035,732
Sri Lanka6,12410,37815,26920,172
Bangladesh5,2767,23110,31514,983
South Korea14,12414,67114,39814,523
Taiwan6,9388,1548,6558,945
Indonesia7,3217,7417,7837,927
United States3,7004,1424,5165,231
Mongolia4,0084,7994,9044,590
Thailand3,9194,2094,0653,867
Philippines2,4822,9273,0072,769
Hong Kong03,0822,8312,749
Uzbekistan2,5533,1443,0472,677
Malaysia2,7812,6762,7872,664
Pakistan9371,2551,7962,647
India1,8511,8451,9942,487
France2,1292,0112,2082,349
Germany1,8231,5671,6151,738
Source: Immigration Services Agency of Japan, Statistics on Foreign Residents (在留外国人統計), Table 1, end of December (e-Stat; Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0)Data as at Dec 2025

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