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Japan vs Germany: population pyramids in 1973

1973Swap

JapanGermany

1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%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 Germany compared

In 1973, Japan has a population of 109.9 million and Germany 78.9 million; Japan is about 1.4 times the size of Germany.

The share aged 65 and over is 7.5% in Japan and 14.2% in Germany, 6.7 points higher in Germany. The median age is 30.0 years in Japan and 34.6 years in Germany.

The total fertility rate is 2.15 in Japan and 1.55 in Germany, so only Germany is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 73.4 years in Japan and 71.4 years in Germany.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 4.4% and that of Germany to shrink by 0.6% compared with 1973.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $60K in Germany (2025).

Key figures (1973)

JapanGermany
Population109.9 million78.9 million
Aged 0–1423.5%22.6%
Aged 15–6469.0%63.2%
Aged 65+7.5%14.2%
Median age30.0 yrs34.6 yrs
Old-age dependency10.822.5
Total fertility rate2.151.55
Life expectancy73.4 yrs71.4 yrs
Population growth+1.28%+0.29%
Net migration (per year)-34,674+386,881
GDP$4.44T (2025)$5.05T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$60K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)3.7% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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