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Australia vs Japan: population pyramids in 1959

1959Swap

AustraliaJapan

1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%0102030405060708090100MaleFemale

Each bar is the share of the total population at that single year of age (men left, women right), so countries of different sizes can be compared.

Australia and Japan compared

In 1959, Australia has a population of 10 million and Japan 95.2 million; Japan is about 9.6 times the size of Australia.

The share aged 65 and over is 8.5% in Australia and 5.6% in Japan, 3.0 points higher in Australia. The median age is 29.8 years in Australia and 25.1 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 3.44 in Australia and 2.03 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 70.4 years in Australia and 67.5 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Australia is projected to grow by 225.4% and that of Japan to grow by 10.3% compared with 1959.

GDP per person is $65K in Australia (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1959)

AustraliaJapan
Population10 million95.2 million
Aged 0–1430.1%30.4%
Aged 15–6461.4%64.1%
Aged 65+8.5%5.6%
Median age29.8 yrs25.1 yrs
Old-age dependency13.98.7
Total fertility rate3.442.03
Life expectancy70.4 yrs67.5 yrs
Population growth+2.15%+0.81%
Net migration (per year)+80,537-202,601
GDP$1.8T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$65K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment4.1% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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