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India vs Japan: population pyramids in 2024

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IndiaJapan

1%0.75%0.5%0.25%0%0.25%0.5%0.75%1%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 2024, India has a population of 1.44 billion and Japan 124 million; India is about 12 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 7.0% in India and 29.6% in Japan, 22.6 points higher in Japan. The median age is 29.2 years in India and 50.1 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.96 in India and 1.22 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 72.2 years in India and 84.8 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of India is projected to grow by 16.1% and that of Japan to shrink by 15.3% compared with 2024.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2024)

IndiaJapan
Population1.44 billion124 million
Aged 0–1424.8%11.5%
Aged 15–6468.1%58.8%
Aged 65+7.0%29.6%
Median age29.2 yrs50.1 yrs
Old-age dependency10.350.3
Total fertility rate1.961.22
Life expectancy72.2 yrs84.8 yrs
Population growth+0.90%-0.51%
Net migration (per year)-630,830+153,357
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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