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United Kingdom vs Japan: population pyramids in 2012

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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 2012, the United Kingdom has a population of 63.7 million and Japan 128 million; Japan is about 2.0 times the size of the United Kingdom.

The share aged 65 and over is 16.7% in the United Kingdom and 24.0% in Japan, 7.3 points higher in Japan. The median age is 39.4 years in the United Kingdom and 45.7 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.91 in the United Kingdom and 1.38 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 80.9 years in the United Kingdom and 83.2 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the United Kingdom is projected to grow by 18.3% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.9% compared with 2012.

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

Key figures (2012)

United KingdomJapan
Population63.7 million128 million
Aged 0–1417.7%13.3%
Aged 15–6465.5%62.7%
Aged 65+16.7%24.0%
Median age39.4 yrs45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency25.638.3
Total fertility rate1.911.38
Life expectancy80.9 yrs83.2 yrs
Population growth+0.65%-0.15%
Net migration (per year)+172,088+67,904
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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