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France vs Japan: population pyramids in 1999

1999Swap

FranceJapan

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.

France and Japan compared

In 1999, France has a population of 58.9 million and Japan 126.7 million; Japan is about 2.2 times the size of France.

The share aged 65 and over is 15.8% in France and 16.6% in Japan, 0.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 37.3 years in France and 41.2 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.79 in France and 1.34 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 78.8 years in France and 80.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of France is projected to grow by 15.7% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.1% compared with 1999.

GDP per person is $49K in France (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1999)

FranceJapan
Population58.9 million126.7 million
Aged 0–1419.0%14.7%
Aged 15–6465.2%68.7%
Aged 65+15.8%16.6%
Median age37.3 yrs41.2 yrs
Old-age dependency24.224.1
Total fertility rate1.791.34
Life expectancy78.8 yrs80.6 yrs
Population growth+0.64%+0.18%
Net migration (per year)+169,448+56,901
GDP$3.37T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$49K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment7.5% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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