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Japan vs China: population pyramids in 2014

2014Swap

JapanChina

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 China compared

In 2014, Japan has a population of 127.6 million and China 1.38 billion; China is about 11 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 25.8% in Japan and 9.5% in China, 16.3 points higher in Japan. The median age is 46.3 years in Japan and 36.3 years in China.

The total fertility rate is 1.39 in Japan and 1.77 in China, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 83.6 years in Japan and 76.7 years in China.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 17.6% and that of China to shrink by 8.6% compared with 2014.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $14K in China (2025).

Key figures (2014)

JapanChina
Population127.6 million1.38 billion
Aged 0–1413.0%18.3%
Aged 15–6461.1%72.2%
Aged 65+25.8%9.5%
Median age46.3 yrs36.3 yrs
Old-age dependency42.213.2
Total fertility rate1.391.77
Life expectancy83.6 yrs76.7 yrs
Population growth-0.20%+0.65%
Net migration (per year)+58,109-371,108
GDP$4.44T (2025)$19.5T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$14K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)4.6% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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