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Japan vs India: population pyramids in 1989

1989Swap

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 1989, Japan has a population of 122.7 million and India 836.6 million; India is about 6.8 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 11.5% in Japan and 4.0% in India, 7.5 points higher in Japan. The median age is 37.2 years in Japan and 20.5 years in India.

The total fertility rate is 1.55 in Japan and 4.13 in India, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 79.0 years in Japan and 58.2 years in India.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 14.4% and that of India to grow by 100.5% compared with 1989.

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

Key figures (1989)

JapanIndia
Population122.7 million836.6 million
Aged 0–1419.1%38.8%
Aged 15–6469.4%57.1%
Aged 65+11.5%4.0%
Median age37.2 yrs20.5 yrs
Old-age dependency16.67.0
Total fertility rate1.554.13
Life expectancy79.0 yrs58.2 yrs
Population growth+0.35%+2.23%
Net migration (per year)+31,202-2,907
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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