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Japan vs Australia: population pyramids in 1987

1987Swap

JapanAustralia

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.

Japan and Australia compared

In 1987, Japan has a population of 121.7 million and Australia 16.2 million; Japan is about 7.5 times the size of Australia.

The share aged 65 and over is 10.8% in Japan and 10.5% in Australia, almost the same. The median age is 36.2 years in Japan and 31.2 years in Australia.

The total fertility rate is 1.67 in Japan and 1.85 in Australia, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 78.6 years in Japan and 76.1 years in Australia.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 13.7% and that of Australia to grow by 100.0% compared with 1987.

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

Key figures (1987)

JapanAustralia
Population121.7 million16.2 million
Aged 0–1420.7%22.9%
Aged 15–6468.5%66.6%
Aged 65+10.8%10.5%
Median age36.2 yrs31.2 yrs
Old-age dependency15.715.8
Total fertility rate1.671.85
Life expectancy78.6 yrs76.1 yrs
Population growth+0.46%+1.61%
Net migration (per year)+28,001+136,421
GDP$4.44T (2025)$1.8T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$65K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)4.1% (2025)

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