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Japan vs Philippines: population pyramids in 2042

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JapanPhilippines

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 Philippines compared

In 2042, Japan has a population of 110.8 million and the Philippines 130.5 million; the Philippines is about 1.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 35.8% in Japan and 9.1% in the Philippines, 26.7 points higher in Japan. The median age is 54.0 years in Japan and 33.6 years in the Philippines.

The total fertility rate is 1.32 in Japan and 1.76 in the Philippines, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 87.4 years in Japan and 72.2 years in the Philippines.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 5.2% and that of the Philippines to grow by 2.8% compared with 2042.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2042)

JapanPhilippines
Population110.8 million130.5 million
Aged 0–1410.6%21.0%
Aged 15–6453.6%69.9%
Aged 65+35.8%9.1%
Median age54.0 yrs33.6 yrs
Old-age dependency66.713.0
Total fertility rate1.321.76
Life expectancy87.4 yrs72.2 yrs
Population growth-0.65%+0.47%
Net migration (per year)+120,719-111,430
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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