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United Kingdom vs Japan: population pyramids in 1989

1989Swap

United KingdomJapan

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.

United Kingdom and Japan compared

In 1989, the United Kingdom has a population of 57.1 million and Japan 122.7 million; Japan is about 2.1 times the size of the United Kingdom.

The share aged 65 and over is 15.8% in the United Kingdom and 11.5% in Japan, 4.3 points higher in the United Kingdom. The median age is 35.8 years in the United Kingdom and 37.2 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.79 in the United Kingdom and 1.55 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 75.4 years in the United Kingdom and 79.0 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the United Kingdom is projected to grow by 32.1% and that of Japan to shrink by 14.4% compared with 1989.

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

Key figures (1989)

United KingdomJapan
Population57.1 million122.7 million
Aged 0–1419.0%19.1%
Aged 15–6465.2%69.4%
Aged 65+15.8%11.5%
Median age35.8 yrs37.2 yrs
Old-age dependency24.216.6
Total fertility rate1.791.55
Life expectancy75.4 yrs79.0 yrs
Population growth+0.29%+0.35%
Net migration (per year)+49,586+31,202
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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