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Japan vs Canada: population pyramids in 1995

1995Swap

JapanCanada

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 Canada compared

In 1995, Japan has a population of 125.5 million and Canada 29.3 million; Japan is about 4.3 times the size of Canada.

The share aged 65 and over is 14.4% in Japan and 11.9% in Canada, 2.5 points higher in Japan. The median age is 39.8 years in Japan and 34.5 years in Canada.

The total fertility rate is 1.41 in Japan and 1.67 in Canada, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 79.7 years in Japan and 78.0 years in Canada.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 16.3% and that of Canada to grow by 55.3% compared with 1995.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $56K in Canada (2025).

Key figures (1995)

JapanCanada
Population125.5 million29.3 million
Aged 0–1415.8%20.5%
Aged 15–6469.8%67.6%
Aged 65+14.4%11.9%
Median age39.8 yrs34.5 yrs
Old-age dependency20.617.6
Total fertility rate1.411.67
Life expectancy79.7 yrs78.0 yrs
Population growth+0.25%+1.05%
Net migration (per year)+87,714+141,818
GDP$4.44T (2025)$2.32T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$56K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)6.9% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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