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Japan vs Thailand: population pyramids in 1990

1990Swap

JapanThailand

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 Thailand compared

In 1990, Japan has a population of 123.2 million and Thailand 54.3 million; Japan is about 2.3 times the size of Thailand.

The share aged 65 and over is 11.9% in Japan and 3.9% in Thailand, 8.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 37.7 years in Japan and 23.9 years in Thailand.

The total fertility rate is 1.51 in Japan and 2.07 in Thailand, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 79.0 years in Japan and 68.9 years in Thailand.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 14.7% and that of Thailand to grow by 22.5% compared with 1990.

GDP per person is $36K in Japan (2025) and $8,057 in Thailand (2025).

Key figures (1990)

JapanThailand
Population123.2 million54.3 million
Aged 0–1418.4%30.4%
Aged 15–6469.7%65.8%
Aged 65+11.9%3.9%
Median age37.7 yrs23.9 yrs
Old-age dependency17.15.9
Total fertility rate1.512.07
Life expectancy79.0 yrs68.9 yrs
Population growth+0.38%+1.67%
Net migration (per year)+124,582+152,916
GDP$4.44T (2025)$577B (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$8,057 (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)0.8% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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