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Indonesia vs Japan: population pyramids in 1997

1997Swap

IndonesiaJapan

1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%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.

Indonesia and Japan compared

In 1997, Indonesia has a population of 204.9 million and Japan 126.1 million; Indonesia is about 1.6 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 4.6% in Indonesia and 15.5% in Japan, 10.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 23.6 years in Indonesia and 40.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.74 in Indonesia and 1.38 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 65.8 years in Indonesia and 80.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Indonesia is projected to grow by 56.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 16.7% compared with 1997.

GDP per person is $5,060 in Indonesia (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1997)

IndonesiaJapan
Population204.9 million126.1 million
Aged 0–1432.5%15.2%
Aged 15–6462.9%69.3%
Aged 65+4.6%15.5%
Median age23.6 yrs40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency7.422.3
Total fertility rate2.741.38
Life expectancy65.8 yrs80.6 yrs
Population growth+1.61%+0.23%
Net migration (per year)-4,334+43,366
GDP$1.45T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$5,060 (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment3.2% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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