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Japan vs Canada: population pyramids in 2015

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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 2015, Japan has a population of 127.3 million and Canada 35.8 million; Japan is about 3.6 times the size of Canada.

The share aged 65 and over is 26.6% in Japan and 15.8% in Canada, 10.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 46.6 years in Japan and 40.5 years in Canada.

The total fertility rate is 1.42 in Japan and 1.60 in Canada, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 83.9 years in Japan and 81.9 years in Canada.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 17.5% and that of Canada to grow by 27.1% compared with 2015.

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

Key figures (2015)

JapanCanada
Population127.3 million35.8 million
Aged 0–1412.9%16.2%
Aged 15–6460.5%68.0%
Aged 65+26.6%15.8%
Median age46.6 yrs40.5 yrs
Old-age dependency43.923.2
Total fertility rate1.421.60
Life expectancy83.9 yrs81.9 yrs
Population growth-0.13%+0.95%
Net migration (per year)+168,896+224,332
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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