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Japan vs India: population pyramids in 1983

1983Swap

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 1983, Japan has a population of 119.7 million and India 728.7 million; India is about 6.1 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 9.7% in Japan and 4.0% in India, 5.7 points higher in Japan. The median age is 34.1 years in Japan and 20.1 years in India.

The total fertility rate is 1.77 in Japan and 4.57 in India, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 77.1 years in Japan and 55.3 years in India.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 12.3% and that of India to grow by 130.2% compared with 1983.

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

Key figures (1983)

JapanIndia
Population119.7 million728.7 million
Aged 0–1422.8%39.5%
Aged 15–6467.5%56.5%
Aged 65+9.7%4.0%
Median age34.1 yrs20.1 yrs
Old-age dependency14.37.0
Total fertility rate1.774.57
Life expectancy77.1 yrs55.3 yrs
Population growth+0.38%+2.35%
Net migration (per year)-269,755+119,694
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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