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| Year | Number of countries and areas |
Number of applicants (persons) |
Number of examinees (persons)※1 |
Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96 | 1,718,943 | 1,470,989 | |
| July | 61 | 793,701 | 680,453 | details |
| December | 82 | 925,242 | 790,536 | details |
| 2023 | 92 | 1,481,023 | 1,265,435 | |
| July | 55 | 698,062 | 602,140 | details |
| December | 85 | 782,961 | 663,295 | details |
| 2022 | 89 | 932,518 | 787,954 | |
| July | 53 | 426,225 | 356,505 | details |
| December | 82 | 506,293 | 431,449 | details |
| 2021 | 74 | 807,581 | 684,907 | |
| July | 26 | 387,371 | 335,915 | details |
| December | 69 | 420,210 | 348,992 | details |
| 2020 | 29 | 424,147 | 370,028 | |
| December | 29 | 424,147 | 370,028 | details |
| 2019 | 87 | 1,362,167 | 1,168,535 | |
| July | 47 | 644,104 | 550,448 | details |
| December | 76 | 718,063 | 618,087 | details |
| 2018 | 86 | 1,168,000 | 1,009,074 | |
| July | 41 | 544,189 | 470,079 | details |
| December | 77 | 623,811 | 538,995 | details |
| 2017 | 81 | 1,027,111 | 887,380 | |
| July | 36 | 466,407 | 404,106 | details |
| December | 77 | 560,704 | 483,274 | details |
| 2016 | 74 | 866,294 | 755,802 | |
| July | 32 | 389,674 | 341,079 | details |
| December | 70 | 476,620 | 414,723 | details |
| 2015 | 69 | 750,252 | 652,519 | |
| July | 29 | 344,046 | 299,297 | details |
| December | 66 | 406,206 | 353,222 | details |
| 2014 | 67 | 681,893 | 594,682 | |
| July | 24 | 312,088 | 273,343 | details |
| December | 66 | 369,805 | 321,339 | details |
| 2013 | 65 | 650,882 | 571,075 | |
| July | 22 | 295,419 | 259,330 | details |
| December | 64 | 355,463 | 311,745 | details |
| 2012 | 64 | 651,062 | 572,169 | |
| July | 23 | 294,749 | 258,847 | details |
| December | 62 | 356,313 | 313,322 | details |
| 2011 | 62 | 697,398 | 608,157 | |
| July | 21 | 303,876 | 262,134 | details |
| December | 61 | 393,522 | 346,023 | details |
| 2010 | 58 | 703,685 | 607,972 | |
| July | 14 | 261,889 | 223,013 | details |
| December | 58 | 441,796 | 384,959 | details |
| 2009 | 54 | 901,968 | 768,113 | |
| July | 4 | 289,813 | 248,741 | details |
| December | 54 | 612,155 | 519,372 | details |
| 2008 | 52 | 660,381 | 559,056 | |
| 2007 | 50 | 632,480 | 523,958 | |
| 2006 | 47 | 533,189 | 437,360 | |
| 2005 | 45 | 419,823 | 356,244 | |
| 2004 | 40 | 355,423 | 302,198 | |
| 2003 | 39 | 320,987 | 269,617 | |
| 2002 | 39 | 286,169 | 242,331 | |
| 2001 | 39 | 270,852 | 227,593 | |
| 2000 | 36 | 234,997 | 201,021 | |
| 1999 | 34 | 196,037 | 166,575 | |
| 1998 | 34 | 152,661 | 130,385 | |
| 1997 | 31 | 122,960 | 104,079 | |
| 1996 | 32 | 114,480 | 96,140 | |
| 1995 | 31 | 105,701 | 88,165 | |
| 1994 | 31 | 97,626 | 82,327 | |
| 1993 | 29 | 95,313 | 80,713 | |
| 1992 | 26 | 80,641 | 68,565 | |
| 1991 | 24 | 68,644 | 58,494 | |
| 1990 | 22 | 50,014 | 42,787 | |
| 1989 | 22 | 41,404 | 35,609 | |
| 1988 | 22 | 30,662 | 26,855 | |
| 1987 | 21 | 24,126 | 21,240 | |
| 1986 | 20 | 19,757 | 17,532 | |
| 1985 | 18 | 14,766 | 13,069 | |
| 1984 | 15 | 7,998 | 7,019 |
※1 The number of examinees includes those who took only some of the test sections of the test.
※2 July test in 2020 was cancelled at all testing sites in Japan and outside Japan.
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