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Japan vs India: population pyramids in 2073

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JapanIndia

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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 2073, Japan has a population of 88.2 million and India 1.68 billion; India is about 19 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 36.4% in Japan and 24.1% in India, 12.3 points higher in Japan. The median age is 54.2 years in Japan and 45.1 years in India.

The total fertility rate is 1.43 in Japan and 1.71 in India, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 91.2 years in Japan and 81.5 years in India.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2073)

JapanIndia
Population88.2 million1.68 billion
Aged 0–1411.1%15.2%
Aged 15–6452.5%60.7%
Aged 65+36.4%24.1%
Median age54.2 yrs45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency69.439.7
Total fertility rate1.431.71
Life expectancy91.2 yrs81.5 yrs
Population growth-0.73%-0.23%
Net migration (per year)+90,022-368,429
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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