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Canada vs Japan: population pyramids in 2017

2017Swap

CanadaJapan

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.

Canada and Japan compared

In 2017, Canada has a population of 36.6 million and Japan 127 million; Japan is about 3.5 times the size of Canada.

The share aged 65 and over is 16.6% in Canada and 27.7% in Japan, 11.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 40.8 years in Canada and 47.3 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.55 in Canada and 1.39 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 81.9 years in Canada and 84.2 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Canada is projected to grow by 24.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.3% compared with 2017.

GDP per person is $56K in Canada (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (2017)

CanadaJapan
Population36.6 million127 million
Aged 0–1416.2%12.7%
Aged 15–6467.2%59.6%
Aged 65+16.6%27.7%
Median age40.8 yrs47.3 yrs
Old-age dependency24.646.5
Total fertility rate1.551.39
Life expectancy81.9 yrs84.2 yrs
Population growth+1.27%-0.10%
Net migration (per year)+372,685+322,564
GDP$2.32T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$56K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment6.9% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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