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France vs Japan: population pyramids in 2017

2017Swap

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 2017, France has a population of 65.2 million and Japan 127 million; Japan is about 1.9 times the size of France.

The share aged 65 and over is 19.5% in France and 27.7% in Japan, 8.3 points higher in Japan. The median age is 41.6 years in France and 47.3 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.86 in France and 1.39 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 82.4 years in France and 84.2 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of France is projected to grow by 4.6% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.3% compared with 2017.

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

Key figures (2017)

FranceJapan
Population65.2 million127 million
Aged 0–1418.0%12.7%
Aged 15–6462.5%59.6%
Aged 65+19.5%27.7%
Median age41.6 yrs47.3 yrs
Old-age dependency31.146.5
Total fertility rate1.861.39
Life expectancy82.4 yrs84.2 yrs
Population growth+0.34%-0.10%
Net migration (per year)+102,984+322,564
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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