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Japan vs Australia: population pyramids in 1983

1983Swap

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 1983, Japan has a population of 119.7 million and Australia 15.3 million; Japan is about 7.8 times the size of Australia.

The share aged 65 and over is 9.7% in Japan and 9.9% in Australia, almost the same. The median age is 34.1 years in Japan and 30.0 years in Australia.

The total fertility rate is 1.77 in Japan and 1.93 in Australia, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 77.1 years in Japan and 75.4 years in Australia.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 12.3% and that of Australia to grow by 111.5% compared with 1983.

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

Key figures (1983)

JapanAustralia
Population119.7 million15.3 million
Aged 0–1422.8%24.5%
Aged 15–6467.5%65.6%
Aged 65+9.7%9.9%
Median age34.1 yrs30.0 yrs
Old-age dependency14.315.1
Total fertility rate1.771.93
Life expectancy77.1 yrs75.4 yrs
Population growth+0.38%+1.34%
Net migration (per year)-269,755+73,251
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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