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Japan vs Brazil: population pyramids in 2012

2012Swap

JapanBrazil

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 Brazil compared

In 2012, Japan has a population of 128 million and Brazil 196.1 million; Brazil is about 1.5 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 24.0% in Japan and 7.0% in Brazil, 17.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 45.7 years in Japan and 29.9 years in Brazil.

The total fertility rate is 1.38 in Japan and 1.77 in Brazil, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Japan and 74.3 years in Brazil.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 17.9% and that of Brazil to grow by 11.0% compared with 2012.

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

Key figures (2012)

JapanBrazil
Population128 million196.1 million
Aged 0–1413.3%24.0%
Aged 15–6462.7%69.0%
Aged 65+24.0%7.0%
Median age45.7 yrs29.9 yrs
Old-age dependency38.310.1
Total fertility rate1.381.77
Life expectancy83.2 yrs74.3 yrs
Population growth-0.15%+0.81%
Net migration (per year)+67,904-179,707
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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