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Japan vs Australia: population pyramids in 1969

1969Swap

JapanAustralia

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.

Japan and Australia compared

In 1969, Japan has a population of 104.9 million and Australia 12.1 million; Japan is about 8.6 times the size of Australia.

The share aged 65 and over is 6.9% in Japan and 8.4% in Australia, 1.5 points higher in Australia. The median age is 28.7 years in Japan and 27.7 years in Australia.

The total fertility rate is 2.03 in Japan and 2.89 in Australia, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 71.9 years in Japan and 71.1 years in Australia.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to grow by 0.2% and that of Australia to grow by 166.6% compared with 1969.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $65K in Australia (2025).

Key figures (1969)

JapanAustralia
Population104.9 million12.1 million
Aged 0–1423.4%29.0%
Aged 15–6469.7%62.6%
Aged 65+6.9%8.4%
Median age28.7 yrs27.7 yrs
Old-age dependency9.913.4
Total fertility rate2.032.89
Life expectancy71.9 yrs71.1 yrs
Population growth+1.17%+2.06%
Net migration (per year)+49,447+108,770
GDP$4.44T (2025)$1.8T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$65K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)4.1% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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