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Japan vs China, Taiwan Province of China: population pyramids in 2014

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JapanChina, Taiwan Province of China

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 China, Taiwan Province of China compared

In 2014, Japan has a population of 127.6 million and China, Taiwan Province of China 23.4 million; Japan is about 5.4 times the size of China, Taiwan Province of China.

The share aged 65 and over is 25.8% in Japan and 11.6% in China, Taiwan Province of China, 14.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 46.3 years in Japan and 39.2 years in China, Taiwan Province of China.

The total fertility rate is 1.39 in Japan and 1.16 in China, Taiwan Province of China, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 83.6 years in Japan and 79.5 years in China, Taiwan Province of China.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 17.6% and that of China, Taiwan Province of China to shrink by 16.8% compared with 2014.

Key figures (2014)

JapanChina, Taiwan Province of China
Population127.6 million23.4 million
Aged 0–1413.0%14.0%
Aged 15–6461.1%74.4%
Aged 65+25.8%11.6%
Median age46.3 yrs39.2 yrs
Old-age dependency42.215.6
Total fertility rate1.391.16
Life expectancy83.6 yrs79.5 yrs
Population growth-0.20%+0.24%
Net migration (per year)+58,109+13,127
GDP$4.44T (2025)—
GDP per person$36K (2025)—
Unemployment2.5% (2025)—

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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