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Australia vs Japan: population pyramids in 2055

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AustraliaJapan

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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 2055, Australia has a population of 33.4 million and Japan 101.7 million; Japan is about 3.0 times the size of Australia.

The share aged 65 and over is 24.7% in Australia and 37.4% in Japan, 12.7 points higher in Japan. The median age is 43.4 years in Australia and 53.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.63 in Australia and 1.37 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 87.8 years in Australia and 89.0 years in Japan.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2055)

AustraliaJapan
Population33.4 million101.7 million
Aged 0–1415.7%11.3%
Aged 15–6459.6%51.3%
Aged 65+24.7%37.4%
Median age43.4 yrs53.6 yrs
Old-age dependency41.472.9
Total fertility rate1.631.37
Life expectancy87.8 yrs89.0 yrs
Population growth+0.62%-0.68%
Net migration (per year)+177,814+110,220
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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