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Japan vs India: population pyramids in 1986

1986Swap

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 1986, Japan has a population of 121.1 million and India 781.6 million; India is about 6.5 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 10.5% in Japan and 4.0% in India, 6.5 points higher in Japan. The median age is 35.7 years in Japan and 20.3 years in India.

The total fertility rate is 1.70 in Japan and 4.40 in India, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 78.2 years in Japan and 56.8 years in India.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 13.2% and that of India to grow by 114.6% compared with 1986.

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

Key figures (1986)

JapanIndia
Population121.1 million781.6 million
Aged 0–1421.4%39.2%
Aged 15–6468.1%56.8%
Aged 65+10.5%4.0%
Median age35.7 yrs20.3 yrs
Old-age dependency15.47.0
Total fertility rate1.704.40
Life expectancy78.2 yrs56.8 yrs
Population growth+0.49%+2.30%
Net migration (per year)+27,987-249,545
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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