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United Kingdom vs Japan: population pyramids in 2059

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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 2059, the United Kingdom has a population of 76 million and Japan 98.8 million; Japan is about 1.3 times the size of the United Kingdom.

The share aged 65 and over is 26.0% in the United Kingdom and 37.2% in Japan, 11.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 45.4 years in the United Kingdom and 53.8 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.56 in the United Kingdom and 1.38 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 86.2 years in the United Kingdom and 89.5 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 (2059)

United KingdomJapan
Population76 million98.8 million
Aged 0–1414.7%11.1%
Aged 15–6459.4%51.7%
Aged 65+26.0%37.2%
Median age45.4 yrs53.8 yrs
Old-age dependency43.871.9
Total fertility rate1.561.38
Life expectancy86.2 yrs89.5 yrs
Population growth+0.00%-0.75%
Net migration (per year)+158,512+97,809
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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