Get Japan's Total Population from World Bank

Retrieves Japan's total population for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is SP.POP.TOTL.

Usage

get_japan_population()

Source

World Bank Open Data API: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL

Value

A tibble with the following columns, or NULL if the API is unavailable:

• indicator: Indicator name (e.g., "Population, total")

• country: Country name ("Japan")

• year: Year of the data (integer)

• value: Population as a numeric value

• value_label: Formatted population with commas (e.g., "126,000,000")

Details

The function sends a GET request to the World Bank API. If the API request fails or returns an error status code, the function returns NULL with an informative message.

Note

Requires internet connection. The data is retrieved in real time from the World Bank API.

See also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble, comma

Examples

# \donttest{
# Requires internet connection
result <- get_japan_population()
if (!is.null(result)) {
  print(result)
}
#> # A tibble: 13 × 5
#>    indicator         country  year     value value_label
#>    <chr>             <chr>   <int>     <int> <chr>      
#>  1 Population, total Japan    2022 125124989 125,124,989
#>  2 Population, total Japan    2021 125681593 125,681,593
#>  3 Population, total Japan    2020 126261000 126,261,000
#>  4 Population, total Japan    2019 126633000 126,633,000
#>  5 Population, total Japan    2018 126811000 126,811,000
#>  6 Population, total Japan    2017 126972000 126,972,000
#>  7 Population, total Japan    2016 127076000 127,076,000
#>  8 Population, total Japan    2015 127141000 127,141,000
#>  9 Population, total Japan    2014 127276000 127,276,000
#> 10 Population, total Japan    2013 127445000 127,445,000
#> 11 Population, total Japan    2012 127629000 127,629,000
#> 12 Population, total Japan    2011 127833000 127,833,000
#> 13 Population, total Japan    2010 128070000 128,070,000
# }