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Japan vs Thailand: population pyramids in 2043

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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 2043, Japan has a population of 110 million and Thailand 68.8 million; Japan is about 1.6 times the size of Thailand.

The share aged 65 and over is 36.1% in Japan and 26.7% in Thailand, 9.4 points higher in Japan. The median age is 54.0 years in Japan and 47.7 years in Thailand.

The total fertility rate is 1.32 in Japan and 1.26 in Thailand, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 87.5 years in Japan and 80.5 years in Thailand.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 4.5% and that of Thailand to shrink by 3.4% compared with 2043.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2043)

JapanThailand
Population110 million68.8 million
Aged 0–1410.7%11.8%
Aged 15–6453.2%61.6%
Aged 65+36.1%26.7%
Median age54.0 yrs47.7 yrs
Old-age dependency67.843.3
Total fertility rate1.321.26
Life expectancy87.5 yrs80.5 yrs
Population growth-0.65%-0.41%
Net migration (per year)+119,471+61,799
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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