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United Kingdom vs Japan: population pyramids in 1996

1996Swap

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 1996, the United Kingdom has a population of 58.2 million and Japan 125.8 million; Japan is about 2.2 times the size of the United Kingdom.

The share aged 65 and over is 16.0% in the United Kingdom and 14.9% in Japan, 1.1 points higher in the United Kingdom. The median age is 36.7 years in the United Kingdom and 40.2 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.72 in the United Kingdom and 1.40 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 76.9 years in the United Kingdom and 80.4 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the United Kingdom is projected to grow by 29.5% and that of Japan to shrink by 16.5% compared with 1996.

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

Key figures (1996)

United KingdomJapan
Population58.2 million125.8 million
Aged 0–1419.4%15.5%
Aged 15–6464.6%69.6%
Aged 65+16.0%14.9%
Median age36.7 yrs40.2 yrs
Old-age dependency24.821.4
Total fertility rate1.721.40
Life expectancy76.9 yrs80.4 yrs
Population growth+0.25%+0.23%
Net migration (per year)+54,964+25,030
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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