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Japan vs Brazil: population pyramids in 2030

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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 2030, Japan has a population of 119.8 million and Brazil 215.8 million; Brazil is about 1.8 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 30.9% in Japan and 13.5% in Brazil, 17.4 points higher in Japan. The median age is 52.3 years in Japan and 37.7 years in Brazil.

The total fertility rate is 1.26 in Japan and 1.58 in Brazil, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 85.7 years in Japan and 77.1 years in Brazil.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 12.3% and that of Brazil to grow by 0.9% compared with 2030.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2030)

JapanBrazil
Population119.8 million215.8 million
Aged 0–1410.5%18.1%
Aged 15–6458.6%68.4%
Aged 65+30.9%13.5%
Median age52.3 yrs37.7 yrs
Old-age dependency52.719.7
Total fertility rate1.261.58
Life expectancy85.7 yrs77.1 yrs
Population growth-0.61%+0.25%
Net migration (per year)+123,993-146,325
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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