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India vs Japan: population pyramids in 1977

1977Swap

IndiaJapan

2%1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%2%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.

India and Japan compared

In 1977, India has a population of 633.2 million and Japan 115.1 million; India is about 5.5 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 3.9% in India and 8.2% in Japan, 4.4 points higher in Japan. The median age is 19.5 years in India and 31.0 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 5.01 in India and 1.79 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 51.8 years in India and 75.3 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of India is projected to grow by 164.9% and that of Japan to shrink by 8.7% compared with 1977.

GDP per person is $2,702 in India (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1977)

IndiaJapan
Population633.2 million115.1 million
Aged 0–1440.4%23.9%
Aged 15–6455.7%67.9%
Aged 65+3.9%8.2%
Median age19.5 yrs31.0 yrs
Old-age dependency7.012.1
Total fertility rate5.011.79
Life expectancy51.8 yrs75.3 yrs
Population growth+2.37%+0.89%
Net migration (per year)+590,626-49,082
GDP$3.96T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$2,702 (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment4.2% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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