World Population PyramidsPopulation pyramids and indicators by country and year日本語

Germany vs Japan: population pyramids in 2066

2066Swap

GermanyJapan

0.8%0.6%0.4%0.2%0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%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.

Germany and Japan compared

In 2066, Germany has a population of 74.3 million and Japan 93.4 million; Japan is about 1.3 times the size of Germany.

The share aged 65 and over is 30.1% in Germany and 36.6% in Japan, 6.5 points higher in Japan. The median age is 47.7 years in Germany and 54.3 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.56 in Germany and 1.40 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 87.1 years in Germany and 90.4 years in Japan.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2066)

GermanyJapan
Population74.3 million93.4 million
Aged 0–1413.8%10.8%
Aged 15–6456.1%52.6%
Aged 65+30.1%36.6%
Median age47.7 yrs54.3 yrs
Old-age dependency53.669.6
Total fertility rate1.561.40
Life expectancy87.1 yrs90.4 yrs
Population growth-0.26%-0.81%
Net migration (per year)+152,840+103,147
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.

Compare other years