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Japan vs Singapore: population pyramids in 1998

1998Swap

JapanSingapore

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 Singapore compared

In 1998, Japan has a population of 126.4 million and Singapore 3.9 million; Japan is about 33 times the size of Singapore.

The share aged 65 and over is 16.0% in Japan and 5.9% in Singapore, 10.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 40.9 years in Japan and 31.5 years in Singapore.

The total fertility rate is 1.37 in Japan and 1.26 in Singapore, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 80.7 years in Japan and 76.8 years in Singapore.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 16.9% and that of Singapore to grow by 57.6% compared with 1998.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $99K in Singapore (2025).

Key figures (1998)

JapanSingapore
Population126.4 million3.9 million
Aged 0–1414.9%19.3%
Aged 15–6469.0%74.8%
Aged 65+16.0%5.9%
Median age40.9 yrs31.5 yrs
Old-age dependency23.27.8
Total fertility rate1.371.26
Life expectancy80.7 yrs76.8 yrs
Population growth+0.22%+2.09%
Net migration (per year)+45,912+51,905
GDP$4.44T (2025)$604B (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$99K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)2.8% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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