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Germany vs Japan: population pyramids in 2024

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GermanyJapan

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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.

Germany and Japan compared

In 2024, Germany has a population of 84.7 million and Japan 124 million; Japan is about 1.5 times the size of Germany.

The share aged 65 and over is 23.0% in Germany and 29.6% in Japan, 6.6 points higher in Japan. The median age is 46.2 years in Germany and 50.1 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.45 in Germany and 1.22 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 81.5 years in Germany and 84.8 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Germany is projected to shrink by 7.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 15.3% compared with 2024.

GDP per person is $60K in Germany (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2024)

GermanyJapan
Population84.7 million124 million
Aged 0–1413.9%11.5%
Aged 15–6463.1%58.8%
Aged 65+23.0%29.6%
Median age46.2 yrs50.1 yrs
Old-age dependency36.450.3
Total fertility rate1.451.22
Life expectancy81.5 yrs84.8 yrs
Population growth-0.34%-0.51%
Net migration (per year)+36,954+153,357
GDP$5.05T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$60K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment3.7% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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