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United Kingdom vs Japan: population pyramids in 1998

1998Swap

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 1998, the United Kingdom has a population of 58.5 million and Japan 126.4 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 16.0% in Japan, almost the same. The median age is 37.1 years in the United Kingdom and 40.9 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.71 in the United Kingdom and 1.37 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 77.3 years in the United Kingdom and 80.7 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the United Kingdom is projected to grow by 28.9% and that of Japan to shrink by 16.9% compared with 1998.

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

Key figures (1998)

United KingdomJapan
Population58.5 million126.4 million
Aged 0–1419.3%14.9%
Aged 15–6464.7%69.0%
Aged 65+16.0%16.0%
Median age37.1 yrs40.9 yrs
Old-age dependency24.723.2
Total fertility rate1.711.37
Life expectancy77.3 yrs80.7 yrs
Population growth+0.36%+0.22%
Net migration (per year)+125,541+45,912
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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