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Japan vs Brazil: population pyramids in 2085

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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 2085, Japan has a population of 82.1 million and Brazil 182.4 million; Brazil is about 2.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 37.2% in Japan and 32.0% in Brazil, 5.3 points higher in Japan. The median age is 52.9 years in Japan and 50.5 years in Brazil.

The total fertility rate is 1.46 in Japan and 1.58 in Brazil, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 92.6 years in Japan and 85.1 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 (2085)

JapanBrazil
Population82.1 million182.4 million
Aged 0–1412.0%12.8%
Aged 15–6450.8%55.3%
Aged 65+37.2%32.0%
Median age52.9 yrs50.5 yrs
Old-age dependency73.357.8
Total fertility rate1.461.58
Life expectancy92.6 yrs85.1 yrs
Population growth-0.49%-0.70%
Net migration (per year)+86,182-23,476
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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