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Japan vs France: population pyramids in 2027

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JapanFrance

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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 France compared

In 2027, Japan has a population of 122 million and France 66.8 million; Japan is about 1.8 times the size of France.

The share aged 65 and over is 30.2% in Japan and 23.1% in France, 7.1 points higher in Japan. The median age is 51.3 years in Japan and 43.5 years in France.

The total fertility rate is 1.24 in Japan and 1.64 in France, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 85.3 years in Japan and 83.8 years in France.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 13.9% and that of France to grow by 2.1% compared with 2027.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $49K in France (2025).

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2027)

JapanFrance
Population122 million66.8 million
Aged 0–1411.0%15.8%
Aged 15–6458.8%61.1%
Aged 65+30.2%23.1%
Median age51.3 yrs43.5 yrs
Old-age dependency51.437.8
Total fertility rate1.241.64
Life expectancy85.3 yrs83.8 yrs
Population growth-0.58%+0.14%
Net migration (per year)+127,401+93,271
GDP$4.44T (2025)$3.37T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$49K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)7.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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