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Japan vs United Kingdom: population pyramids in 2061

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JapanUnited Kingdom

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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 United Kingdom compared

In 2061, Japan has a population of 97.3 million and the United Kingdom 75.9 million; Japan is about 1.3 times the size of the United Kingdom.

The share aged 65 and over is 37.1% in Japan and 26.3% in the United Kingdom, 10.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 54.0 years in Japan and 45.8 years in the United Kingdom.

The total fertility rate is 1.39 in Japan and 1.56 in the United Kingdom, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 89.8 years in Japan and 86.4 years in the United Kingdom.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2061)

JapanUnited Kingdom
Population97.3 million75.9 million
Aged 0–1411.0%14.5%
Aged 15–6452.0%59.3%
Aged 65+37.1%26.3%
Median age54.0 yrs45.8 yrs
Old-age dependency71.344.3
Total fertility rate1.391.56
Life expectancy89.8 yrs86.4 yrs
Population growth-0.77%+0.00%
Net migration (per year)+105,828+168,142
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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