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Japan vs Thailand: population pyramids in 2011

2011Swap

JapanThailand

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 Thailand compared

In 2011, Japan has a population of 128.1 million and Thailand 68.8 million; Japan is about 1.9 times the size of Thailand.

The share aged 65 and over is 23.2% in Japan and 8.7% in Thailand, 14.5 points higher in Japan. The median age is 45.4 years in Japan and 34.7 years in Thailand.

The total fertility rate is 1.36 in Japan and 1.57 in Thailand, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 82.7 years in Japan and 75.3 years in Thailand.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 18.0% and that of Thailand to shrink by 3.3% compared with 2011.

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

Key figures (2011)

JapanThailand
Population128.1 million68.8 million
Aged 0–1413.3%19.9%
Aged 15–6463.5%71.4%
Aged 65+23.2%8.7%
Median age45.4 yrs34.7 yrs
Old-age dependency36.612.2
Total fertility rate1.361.57
Life expectancy82.7 yrs75.3 yrs
Population growth-0.11%+0.63%
Net migration (per year)+97,720+66,607
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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