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Japan vs Australia: population pyramids in 2096

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JapanAustralia

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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 2096, Japan has a population of 77.8 million and Australia 42 million; Japan is about 1.9 times the size of Australia.

The share aged 65 and over is 36.8% in Japan and 27.9% in Australia, 8.9 points higher in Japan. The median age is 53.3 years in Japan and 45.4 years in Australia.

The total fertility rate is 1.47 in Japan and 1.63 in Australia, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 93.9 years in Japan and 92.2 years in Australia.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2096)

JapanAustralia
Population77.8 million42 million
Aged 0–1411.7%14.9%
Aged 15–6451.5%57.2%
Aged 65+36.8%27.9%
Median age53.3 yrs45.4 yrs
Old-age dependency71.648.8
Total fertility rate1.471.63
Life expectancy93.9 yrs92.2 yrs
Population growth-0.49%+0.55%
Net migration (per year)+78,225+199,206
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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