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Brazil vs Japan: population pyramids in 1987

1987Swap

BrazilJapan

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.

Brazil and Japan compared

In 1987, Brazil has a population of 139.7 million and Japan 121.7 million; Brazil is about 1.1 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 3.8% in Brazil and 10.8% in Japan, 7.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 21.5 years in Brazil and 36.2 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 3.23 in Brazil and 1.67 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 64.8 years in Brazil and 78.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Brazil is projected to grow by 55.8% and that of Japan to shrink by 13.7% compared with 1987.

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

Key figures (1987)

BrazilJapan
Population139.7 million121.7 million
Aged 0–1436.8%20.7%
Aged 15–6459.4%68.5%
Aged 65+3.8%10.8%
Median age21.5 yrs36.2 yrs
Old-age dependency6.515.7
Total fertility rate3.231.67
Life expectancy64.8 yrs78.6 yrs
Population growth+1.95%+0.46%
Net migration (per year)-77,800+28,001
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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