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Japan vs Brazil: population pyramids in 1957

1957Swap

JapanBrazil

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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 Brazil compared

In 1957, Japan has a population of 93.8 million and Brazil 65 million; Japan is about 1.4 times the size of Brazil.

The share aged 65 and over is 5.4% in Japan and 2.5% in Brazil, 2.9 points higher in Japan. The median age is 24.3 years in Japan and 18.2 years in Brazil.

The total fertility rate is 2.04 in Japan and 6.08 in Brazil, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 65.4 years in Japan and 51.8 years in Brazil.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to grow by 12.0% and that of Brazil to grow by 234.7% compared with 1957.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $11K in Brazil (2025).

Key figures (1957)

JapanBrazil
Population93.8 million65 million
Aged 0–1431.9%43.6%
Aged 15–6462.7%54.0%
Aged 65+5.4%2.5%
Median age24.3 yrs18.2 yrs
Old-age dependency8.64.5
Total fertility rate2.046.08
Life expectancy65.4 yrs51.8 yrs
Population growth+0.74%+3.07%
Net migration (per year)-161,856+14,513
GDP$4.44T (2025)$2.28T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$11K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)6% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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