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Australia vs Japan: population pyramids in 2008

2008Swap

AustraliaJapan

1%0.75%0.5%0.25%0%0.25%0.5%0.75%1%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 2008, Australia has a population of 21.2 million and Japan 128.1 million; Japan is about 6.1 times the size of Australia.

The share aged 65 and over is 13.1% in Australia and 21.9% in Japan, 8.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 36.8 years in Australia and 44.4 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.02 in Australia and 1.33 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 81.4 years in Australia and 82.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Australia is projected to grow by 53.1% and that of Japan to shrink by 18.0% compared with 2008.

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

Key figures (2008)

AustraliaJapan
Population21.2 million128.1 million
Aged 0–1419.4%13.6%
Aged 15–6467.5%64.5%
Aged 65+13.1%21.9%
Median age36.8 yrs44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency19.434.0
Total fertility rate2.021.33
Life expectancy81.4 yrs82.6 yrs
Population growth+2.02%+0.04%
Net migration (per year)+275,773+142,605
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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