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Japan vs Germany: population pyramids in 2071

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JapanGermany

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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 Germany compared

In 2071, Japan has a population of 89.6 million and Germany 73.4 million; Japan is about 1.2 times the size of Germany.

The share aged 65 and over is 36.4% in Japan and 29.6% in Germany, 6.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 54.3 years in Japan and 48.1 years in Germany.

The total fertility rate is 1.42 in Japan and 1.56 in Germany, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 91.0 years in Japan and 87.7 years in Germany.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2071)

JapanGermany
Population89.6 million73.4 million
Aged 0–1411.0%13.5%
Aged 15–6452.6%56.9%
Aged 65+36.4%29.6%
Median age54.3 yrs48.1 yrs
Old-age dependency69.152.1
Total fertility rate1.421.56
Life expectancy91.0 yrs87.7 yrs
Population growth-0.76%-0.22%
Net migration (per year)+96,698+148,355
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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