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Japan vs India: population pyramids in 2017

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JapanIndia

1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%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 2017, Japan has a population of 127 million and India 1.35 billion; India is about 11 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 27.7% in Japan and 5.7% in India, 22.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 47.3 years in Japan and 26.8 years in India.

The total fertility rate is 1.39 in Japan and 2.19 in India, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 84.2 years in Japan and 70.1 years in India.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 17.3% and that of India to grow by 24.1% compared with 2017.

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

Key figures (2017)

JapanIndia
Population127 million1.35 billion
Aged 0–1412.7%28.1%
Aged 15–6459.6%66.2%
Aged 65+27.7%5.7%
Median age47.3 yrs26.8 yrs
Old-age dependency46.58.7
Total fertility rate1.392.19
Life expectancy84.2 yrs70.1 yrs
Population growth-0.10%+1.11%
Net migration (per year)+322,564-251,642
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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