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Brazil vs Japan: population pyramids in 2072

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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 2072, Brazil has a population of 198.9 million and Japan 88.9 million; Brazil is about 2.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 29.7% in Brazil and 36.4% in Japan, 6.7 points higher in Japan. The median age is 49.4 years in Brazil and 54.3 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.57 in Brazil and 1.42 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 83.4 years in Brazil and 91.1 years in Japan.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2072)

BrazilJapan
Population198.9 million88.9 million
Aged 0–1413.0%11.1%
Aged 15–6457.2%52.6%
Aged 65+29.7%36.4%
Median age49.4 yrs54.3 yrs
Old-age dependency51.969.2
Total fertility rate1.571.42
Life expectancy83.4 yrs91.1 yrs
Population growth-0.60%-0.74%
Net migration (per year)-28,453+95,308
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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