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China vs Japan: population pyramids in 2071

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ChinaJapan

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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.

China and Japan compared

In 2071, China has a population of 990.3 million and Japan 89.6 million; China is about 11 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 39.9% in China and 36.4% in Japan, 3.6 points higher in China. The median age is 58.9 years in China and 54.3 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.27 in China and 1.42 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 86.4 years in China and 91.0 years in Japan.

GDP per person is $14K in China (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2071)

ChinaJapan
Population990.3 million89.6 million
Aged 0–147.6%11.0%
Aged 15–6452.5%52.6%
Aged 65+39.9%36.4%
Median age58.9 yrs54.3 yrs
Old-age dependency76.169.1
Total fertility rate1.271.42
Life expectancy86.4 yrs91.0 yrs
Population growth-1.31%-0.76%
Net migration (per year)-124,347+96,698
GDP$19.5T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$14K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment4.6% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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