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Japan vs Indonesia: population pyramids in 2037

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JapanIndonesia

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 Indonesia compared

In 2037, Japan has a population of 114.5 million and Indonesia 306.9 million; Indonesia is about 2.7 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 33.3% in Japan and 11.0% in Indonesia, 22.3 points higher in Japan. The median age is 53.7 years in Japan and 34.5 years in Indonesia.

The total fertility rate is 1.30 in Japan and 1.94 in Indonesia, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 86.7 years in Japan and 73.1 years in Indonesia.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 8.3% and that of Indonesia to grow by 4.4% compared with 2037.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $5,060 in Indonesia (2025).

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2037)

JapanIndonesia
Population114.5 million306.9 million
Aged 0–1410.1%21.0%
Aged 15–6456.5%68.0%
Aged 65+33.3%11.0%
Median age53.7 yrs34.5 yrs
Old-age dependency58.916.2
Total fertility rate1.301.94
Life expectancy86.7 yrs73.1 yrs
Population growth-0.65%+0.48%
Net migration (per year)+118,603-48,210
GDP$4.44T (2025)$1.45T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$5,060 (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)3.2% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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