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Japan vs Singapore: population pyramids in 2001

2001Swap

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 2001, Japan has a population of 127.1 million and Singapore 4.1 million; Japan is about 31 times the size of Singapore.

The share aged 65 and over is 17.7% in Japan and 6.3% in Singapore, 11.4 points higher in Japan. The median age is 41.9 years in Japan and 32.3 years in Singapore.

The total fertility rate is 1.32 in Japan and 1.19 in Singapore, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 81.5 years in Japan and 78.3 years in Singapore.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 17.4% and that of Singapore to grow by 49.1% compared with 2001.

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

Key figures (2001)

JapanSingapore
Population127.1 million4.1 million
Aged 0–1414.3%18.6%
Aged 15–6468.0%75.0%
Aged 65+17.7%6.3%
Median age41.9 yrs32.3 yrs
Old-age dependency26.18.4
Total fertility rate1.321.19
Life expectancy81.5 yrs78.3 yrs
Population growth+0.19%+1.78%
Net migration (per year)+59,563+45,027
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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