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Japan vs Canada: population pyramids in 2060

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JapanCanada

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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 Canada compared

In 2060, Japan has a population of 98.1 million and Canada 47 million; Japan is about 2.1 times the size of Canada.

The share aged 65 and over is 37.2% in Japan and 27.2% in Canada, 10.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 53.9 years in Japan and 46.8 years in Canada.

The total fertility rate is 1.38 in Japan and 1.42 in Canada, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 89.7 years in Japan and 87.4 years in Canada.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2060)

JapanCanada
Population98.1 million47 million
Aged 0–1411.0%13.4%
Aged 15–6451.8%59.5%
Aged 65+37.2%27.2%
Median age53.9 yrs46.8 yrs
Old-age dependency71.745.7
Total fertility rate1.381.42
Life expectancy89.7 yrs87.4 yrs
Population growth-0.76%+0.34%
Net migration (per year)+101,711+269,560
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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