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Japan vs Germany: population pyramids in 2009

2009Swap

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 2009, Japan has a population of 128.1 million and Germany 81 million; Japan is about 1.6 times the size of Germany.

The share aged 65 and over is 22.5% in Japan and 20.4% in Germany, 2.1 points higher in Japan. The median age is 44.7 years in Japan and 43.8 years in Germany.

The total fertility rate is 1.33 in Japan and 1.37 in Germany, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 83.0 years in Japan and 79.9 years in Germany.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 18.0% and that of Germany to shrink by 3.2% compared with 2009.

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

Key figures (2009)

JapanGermany
Population128.1 million81 million
Aged 0–1413.5%13.8%
Aged 15–6464.0%65.8%
Aged 65+22.5%20.4%
Median age44.7 yrs43.8 yrs
Old-age dependency35.231.0
Total fertility rate1.331.37
Life expectancy83.0 yrs79.9 yrs
Population growth+0.02%-0.19%
Net migration (per year)+125,450+46,533
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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