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Japan vs Brazil: population pyramids in 2078

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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 2078, Japan has a population of 85.2 million and Brazil 191.5 million; Brazil is about 2.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 36.7% in Japan and 30.7% in Brazil, 6.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 53.6 years in Japan and 50.0 years in Brazil.

The total fertility rate is 1.44 in Japan and 1.58 in Brazil, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 91.8 years in Japan and 84.2 years in Brazil.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2078)

JapanBrazil
Population85.2 million191.5 million
Aged 0–1411.6%12.9%
Aged 15–6451.7%56.4%
Aged 65+36.7%30.7%
Median age53.6 yrs50.0 yrs
Old-age dependency71.054.4
Total fertility rate1.441.58
Life expectancy91.8 yrs84.2 yrs
Population growth-0.60%-0.66%
Net migration (per year)+92,644-29,814
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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