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Brazil vs Japan: population pyramids in 1960

1960Swap

BrazilJapan

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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.

Brazil and Japan compared

In 1960, Brazil has a population of 71.3 million and Japan 96 million; Japan is about 1.3 times the size of Brazil.

The share aged 65 and over is 2.5% in Brazil and 5.7% in Japan, 3.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 17.9 years in Brazil and 25.5 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 6.05 in Brazil and 1.98 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 53.2 years in Brazil and 67.7 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Brazil is projected to grow by 205.3% and that of Japan to grow by 9.4% compared with 1960.

GDP per person is $11K in Brazil (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1960)

BrazilJapan
Population71.3 million96 million
Aged 0–1444.1%30.0%
Aged 15–6453.4%64.3%
Aged 65+2.5%5.7%
Median age17.9 yrs25.5 yrs
Old-age dependency4.78.8
Total fertility rate6.051.98
Life expectancy53.2 yrs67.7 yrs
Population growth+3.03%+0.81%
Net migration (per year)+4,066-150,371
GDP$2.28T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$11K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment6% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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