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Japan vs China: population pyramids in 2095

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JapanChina

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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 China compared

In 2095, Japan has a population of 78.2 million and China 689.1 million; China is about 8.8 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 36.9% in Japan and 46.2% in China, 9.3 points higher in China. The median age is 53.2 years in Japan and 61.7 years in China.

The total fertility rate is 1.47 in Japan and 1.33 in China, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 93.8 years in Japan and 89.2 years in China.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2095)

JapanChina
Population78.2 million689.1 million
Aged 0–1411.7%8.1%
Aged 15–6451.4%45.7%
Aged 65+36.9%46.2%
Median age53.2 yrs61.7 yrs
Old-age dependency71.7101.2
Total fertility rate1.471.33
Life expectancy93.8 yrs89.2 yrs
Population growth-0.48%-1.62%
Net migration (per year)+82,423-84,126
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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