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Brazil vs Japan: population pyramids in 2081

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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 2081, Brazil has a population of 187.6 million and Japan 83.8 million; Brazil is about 2.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 31.2% in Brazil and 37.0% in Japan, 5.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 50.2 years in Brazil and 53.2 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.57 in Brazil and 1.45 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 84.6 years in Brazil and 92.2 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 (2081)

BrazilJapan
Population187.6 million83.8 million
Aged 0–1412.8%11.8%
Aged 15–6455.9%51.2%
Aged 65+31.2%37.0%
Median age50.2 yrs53.2 yrs
Old-age dependency55.972.3
Total fertility rate1.571.45
Life expectancy84.6 yrs92.2 yrs
Population growth-0.69%-0.53%
Net migration (per year)-28,062+95,119
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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