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Japan vs Brazil: population pyramids in 1960

1960Swap

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 1960, Japan has a population of 96 million and Brazil 71.3 million; Japan is about 1.3 times the size of Brazil.

The share aged 65 and over is 5.7% in Japan and 2.5% in Brazil, 3.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 25.5 years in Japan and 17.9 years in Brazil.

The total fertility rate is 1.98 in Japan and 6.05 in Brazil, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 67.7 years in Japan and 53.2 years in Brazil.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to grow by 9.4% and that of Brazil to grow by 205.3% compared with 1960.

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

Key figures (1960)

JapanBrazil
Population96 million71.3 million
Aged 0–1430.0%44.1%
Aged 15–6464.3%53.4%
Aged 65+5.7%2.5%
Median age25.5 yrs17.9 yrs
Old-age dependency8.84.7
Total fertility rate1.986.05
Life expectancy67.7 yrs53.2 yrs
Population growth+0.81%+3.03%
Net migration (per year)-150,371+4,066
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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