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Japan vs United Kingdom: population pyramids in 1994

1994Swap

JapanUnited Kingdom

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 United Kingdom compared

In 1994, Japan has a population of 125.1 million and the United Kingdom 57.9 million; Japan is about 2.2 times the size of the United Kingdom.

The share aged 65 and over is 13.9% in Japan and 16.0% in the United Kingdom, 2.1 points higher in the United Kingdom. The median age is 39.4 years in Japan and 36.3 years in the United Kingdom.

The total fertility rate is 1.47 in Japan and 1.74 in the United Kingdom, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 79.8 years in Japan and 76.7 years in the United Kingdom.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 16.0% and that of the United Kingdom to grow by 30.2% compared with 1994.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $58K in the United Kingdom (2025).

Key figures (1994)

JapanUnited Kingdom
Population125.1 million57.9 million
Aged 0–1416.2%19.6%
Aged 15–6469.9%64.5%
Aged 65+13.9%16.0%
Median age39.4 yrs36.3 yrs
Old-age dependency19.924.8
Total fertility rate1.471.74
Life expectancy79.8 yrs76.7 yrs
Population growth+0.37%+0.28%
Net migration (per year)+154,214+45,339
GDP$4.44T (2025)$4T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$58K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)4.8% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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