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Japan vs Philippines: population pyramids in 2021

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JapanPhilippines

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 Philippines compared

In 2021, Japan has a population of 125.9 million and the Philippines 112.7 million; Japan is about 1.1 times the size of the Philippines.

The share aged 65 and over is 29.0% in Japan and 4.8% in the Philippines, 24.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 48.9 years in Japan and 25.3 years in the Philippines.

The total fertility rate is 1.27 in Japan and 1.95 in the Philippines, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 84.5 years in Japan and 66.7 years in the Philippines.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 16.6% and that of the Philippines to grow by 19.1% compared with 2021.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $4,171 in the Philippines (2025).

Key figures (2021)

JapanPhilippines
Population125.9 million112.7 million
Aged 0–1412.2%30.3%
Aged 15–6458.8%64.8%
Aged 65+29.0%4.8%
Median age48.9 yrs25.3 yrs
Old-age dependency49.37.4
Total fertility rate1.271.95
Life expectancy84.5 yrs66.7 yrs
Population growth-0.56%+0.74%
Net migration (per year)-34,996-85,185
GDP$4.44T (2025)$487B (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$4,171 (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)2.2% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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