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United Kingdom vs Japan: population pyramids in 2054

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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 2054, the United Kingdom has a population of 75.8 million and Japan 102.4 million; Japan is about 1.4 times the size of the United Kingdom.

The share aged 65 and over is 25.1% in the United Kingdom and 37.4% in Japan, 12.3 points higher in Japan. The median age is 44.4 years in the United Kingdom and 53.5 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.56 in the United Kingdom and 1.36 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 85.6 years in the United Kingdom and 88.9 years in Japan.

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 (2054)

United KingdomJapan
Population75.8 million102.4 million
Aged 0–1415.0%11.3%
Aged 15–6459.9%51.3%
Aged 65+25.1%37.4%
Median age44.4 yrs53.5 yrs
Old-age dependency41.973.0
Total fertility rate1.561.36
Life expectancy85.6 yrs88.9 yrs
Population growth+0.09%-0.68%
Net migration (per year)+188,379+104,077
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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