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Australia vs Japan: population pyramids in 1981

1981Swap

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 1981, Australia has a population of 14.8 million and Japan 118.7 million; Japan is about 8.0 times the size of Australia.

The share aged 65 and over is 9.7% in Australia and 9.2% in Japan, almost the same. The median age is 29.5 years in Australia and 33.0 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.94 in Australia and 1.72 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 74.8 years in Australia and 76.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Australia is projected to grow by 118.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 11.5% compared with 1981.

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

Key figures (1981)

AustraliaJapan
Population14.8 million118.7 million
Aged 0–1425.1%23.3%
Aged 15–6465.2%67.5%
Aged 65+9.7%9.2%
Median age29.5 yrs33.0 yrs
Old-age dependency14.813.6
Total fertility rate1.941.72
Life expectancy74.8 yrs76.6 yrs
Population growth+1.66%+0.43%
Net migration (per year)+121,921-278,525
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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