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Japan vs Republic of Korea: population pyramids in 2025

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JapanRepublic of Korea

1%0.75%0.5%0.25%0%0.25%0.5%0.75%1%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 Republic of Korea compared

In 2025, Japan has a population of 123.3 million and the Republic of Korea 51.7 million; Japan is about 2.4 times the size of the Republic of Korea.

The share aged 65 and over is 29.8% in Japan and 19.8% in the Republic of Korea, 10.1 points higher in Japan. The median age is 50.6 years in Japan and 46.3 years in the Republic of Korea.

The total fertility rate is 1.23 in Japan and 0.75 in the Republic of Korea, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 85.0 years in Japan and 84.5 years in the Republic of Korea.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 14.8% and that of the Republic of Korea to shrink by 12.4% compared with 2025.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $36K in the Republic of Korea (2025).

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2025)

JapanRepublic of Korea
Population123.3 million51.7 million
Aged 0–1411.3%10.4%
Aged 15–6458.8%69.9%
Aged 65+29.8%19.8%
Median age50.6 yrs46.3 yrs
Old-age dependency50.728.3
Total fertility rate1.230.75
Life expectancy85.0 yrs84.5 yrs
Population growth-0.54%-0.12%
Net migration (per year)+140,579+65,731
GDP$4.44T (2025)$1.87T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)2.7% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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