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Brazil vs Japan: population pyramids in 2023

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BrazilJapan

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.

Brazil and Japan compared

In 2023, Brazil has a population of 210.7 million and Japan 124.6 million; Brazil is about 1.7 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 10.4% in Brazil and 29.4% in Japan, 19.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 34.7 years in Brazil and 49.7 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.62 in Brazil and 1.21 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 75.8 years in Brazil and 84.7 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Brazil is projected to grow by 3.3% and that of Japan to shrink by 15.7% compared with 2023.

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

Key figures (2023)

BrazilJapan
Population210.7 million124.6 million
Aged 0–1420.1%11.8%
Aged 15–6469.5%58.8%
Aged 65+10.4%29.4%
Median age34.7 yrs49.7 yrs
Old-age dependency15.049.9
Total fertility rate1.621.21
Life expectancy75.8 yrs84.7 yrs
Population growth+0.41%-0.48%
Net migration (per year)-240,059+175,003
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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