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Australia vs Japan: population pyramids in 1973

1973Swap

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 1973, Australia has a population of 13.4 million and Japan 109.9 million; Japan is about 8.2 times the size of Australia.

The share aged 65 and over is 8.4% in Australia and 7.5% in Japan, 0.9 points higher in Australia. The median age is 27.6 years in Australia and 30.0 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.49 in Australia and 2.15 in Japan, both above the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 72.1 years in Australia and 73.4 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Australia is projected to grow by 141.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 4.4% compared with 1973.

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

Key figures (1973)

AustraliaJapan
Population13.4 million109.9 million
Aged 0–1428.4%23.5%
Aged 15–6463.2%69.0%
Aged 65+8.4%7.5%
Median age27.6 yrs30.0 yrs
Old-age dependency13.310.8
Total fertility rate2.492.15
Life expectancy72.1 yrs73.4 yrs
Population growth+1.55%+1.28%
Net migration (per year)+62,928-34,674
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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