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United Kingdom vs Japan: population pyramids in 2024

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United KingdomJapan

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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 2024, the United Kingdom has a population of 68.9 million and Japan 124 million; Japan is about 1.8 times the size of the United Kingdom.

The share aged 65 and over is 19.4% in the United Kingdom and 29.6% in Japan, 10.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 40.9 years in the United Kingdom and 50.1 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.55 in the United Kingdom and 1.22 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 81.5 years in the United Kingdom and 84.8 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the United Kingdom is projected to grow by 9.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 15.3% compared with 2024.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2024)

United KingdomJapan
Population68.9 million124 million
Aged 0–1417.3%11.5%
Aged 15–6463.3%58.8%
Aged 65+19.4%29.6%
Median age40.9 yrs50.1 yrs
Old-age dependency30.650.3
Total fertility rate1.551.22
Life expectancy81.5 yrs84.8 yrs
Population growth+0.62%-0.51%
Net migration (per year)+417,114+153,357
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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