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Japan vs Germany: population pyramids in 1992

1992Swap

JapanGermany

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 Germany compared

In 1992, Japan has a population of 124.1 million and Germany 80.6 million; Japan is about 1.5 times the size of Germany.

The share aged 65 and over is 12.9% in Japan and 14.9% in Germany, 2.0 points higher in Germany. The median age is 38.5 years in Japan and 37.7 years in Germany.

The total fertility rate is 1.48 in Japan and 1.31 in Germany, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 79.3 years in Japan and 76.0 years in Germany.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 15.4% and that of Germany to shrink by 2.7% compared with 1992.

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

Key figures (1992)

JapanGermany
Population124.1 million80.6 million
Aged 0–1417.1%16.3%
Aged 15–6470.0%68.8%
Aged 65+12.9%14.9%
Median age38.5 yrs37.7 yrs
Old-age dependency18.421.7
Total fertility rate1.481.31
Life expectancy79.3 yrs76.0 yrs
Population growth+0.38%+0.91%
Net migration (per year)+170,878+811,606
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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