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Brazil vs Japan: population pyramids in 2025

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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 2025, Brazil has a population of 212.4 million and Japan 123.3 million; Brazil is about 1.7 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 11.3% in Brazil and 29.8% in Japan, 18.6 points higher in Japan. The median age is 35.6 years in Brazil and 50.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.60 in Brazil and 1.23 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 76.2 years in Brazil and 85.0 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Brazil is projected to grow by 2.5% and that of Japan to shrink by 14.8% compared with 2025.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2025)

BrazilJapan
Population212.4 million123.3 million
Aged 0–1419.5%11.3%
Aged 15–6469.2%58.8%
Aged 65+11.3%29.8%
Median age35.6 yrs50.6 yrs
Old-age dependency16.350.7
Total fertility rate1.601.23
Life expectancy76.2 yrs85.0 yrs
Population growth+0.37%-0.54%
Net migration (per year)-217,283+140,579
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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