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United Kingdom vs Japan: population pyramids in 1954

1954Swap

United KingdomJapan

1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%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.

United Kingdom and Japan compared

In 1954, the United Kingdom has a population of 50.8 million and Japan 90.9 million; Japan is about 1.8 times the size of the United Kingdom.

The share aged 65 and over is 11.2% in the United Kingdom and 5.1% in Japan, 6.0 points higher in the United Kingdom. The median age is 34.8 years in the United Kingdom and 23.2 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.25 in the United Kingdom and 2.47 in Japan, both above the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 70.2 years in the United Kingdom and 64.5 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the United Kingdom is projected to grow by 48.3% and that of Japan to grow by 15.6% compared with 1954.

GDP per person is $58K in the United Kingdom (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1954)

United KingdomJapan
Population50.8 million90.9 million
Aged 0–1422.8%34.1%
Aged 15–6466.0%60.7%
Aged 65+11.2%5.1%
Median age34.8 yrs23.2 yrs
Old-age dependency16.98.5
Total fertility rate2.252.47
Life expectancy70.2 yrs64.5 yrs
Population growth+0.45%+1.14%
Net migration (per year)+13,400-68,802
GDP$4T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$58K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment4.8% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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