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India vs Japan: population pyramids in 2007

2007Swap

IndiaJapan

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.

India and Japan compared

In 2007, India has a population of 1.18 billion and Japan 128 million; India is about 9.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 4.7% in India and 21.3% in Japan, 16.5 points higher in Japan. The median age is 23.6 years in India and 44.0 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.78 in India and 1.31 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 65.8 years in India and 82.5 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of India is projected to grow by 41.9% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.9% compared with 2007.

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

Key figures (2007)

IndiaJapan
Population1.18 billion128 million
Aged 0–1432.9%13.6%
Aged 15–6462.3%65.1%
Aged 65+4.7%21.3%
Median age23.6 yrs44.0 yrs
Old-age dependency7.632.7
Total fertility rate2.781.31
Life expectancy65.8 yrs82.5 yrs
Population growth+1.45%+0.06%
Net migration (per year)-1 million+138,024
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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