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India vs Japan: population pyramids in 2017

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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 2017, India has a population of 1.35 billion and Japan 127 million; India is about 11 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 5.7% in India and 27.7% in Japan, 22.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 26.8 years in India and 47.3 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.19 in India and 1.39 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 70.1 years in India and 84.2 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of India is projected to grow by 24.1% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.3% compared with 2017.

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

Key figures (2017)

IndiaJapan
Population1.35 billion127 million
Aged 0–1428.1%12.7%
Aged 15–6466.2%59.6%
Aged 65+5.7%27.7%
Median age26.8 yrs47.3 yrs
Old-age dependency8.746.5
Total fertility rate2.191.39
Life expectancy70.1 yrs84.2 yrs
Population growth+1.11%-0.10%
Net migration (per year)-251,642+322,564
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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