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Japan vs Thailand: population pyramids in 2027

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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 2027, Japan has a population of 122 million and Thailand 71.5 million; Japan is about 1.7 times the size of Thailand.

The share aged 65 and over is 30.2% in Japan and 17.0% in Thailand, 13.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 51.3 years in Japan and 42.2 years in Thailand.

The total fertility rate is 1.24 in Japan and 1.19 in Thailand, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 85.3 years in Japan and 77.3 years in Thailand.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 13.9% and that of Thailand to shrink by 7.0% compared with 2027.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2027)

JapanThailand
Population122 million71.5 million
Aged 0–1411.0%13.9%
Aged 15–6458.8%69.1%
Aged 65+30.2%17.0%
Median age51.3 yrs42.2 yrs
Old-age dependency51.424.6
Total fertility rate1.241.19
Life expectancy85.3 yrs77.3 yrs
Population growth-0.58%-0.11%
Net migration (per year)+127,401+34,464
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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