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Japan vs India: population pyramids in 1970

1970Swap

JapanIndia

2%1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%2%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 India compared

In 1970, Japan has a population of 106.1 million and India 539.5 million; India is about 5.1 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 7.0% in Japan and 3.6% in India, 3.4 points higher in Japan. The median age is 29.1 years in Japan and 19.1 years in India.

The total fertility rate is 2.04 in Japan and 5.62 in India, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 72.0 years in Japan and 48.6 years in India.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 1.0% and that of India to grow by 210.9% compared with 1970.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $2,702 in India (2025).

Key figures (1970)

JapanIndia
Population106.1 million539.5 million
Aged 0–1423.3%41.4%
Aged 15–6469.7%54.9%
Aged 65+7.0%3.6%
Median age29.1 yrs19.1 yrs
Old-age dependency10.16.6
Total fertility rate2.045.62
Life expectancy72.0 yrs48.6 yrs
Population growth+1.16%+2.32%
Net migration (per year)+33,731+233,782
GDP$4.44T (2025)$3.96T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$2,702 (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)4.2% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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