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Republic of Korea vs Japan: population pyramids in 1993

1993Swap

Republic of KoreaJapan

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.

Republic of Korea and Japan compared

In 1993, the Republic of Korea has a population of 44.8 million and Japan 124.6 million; Japan is about 2.8 times the size of the Republic of Korea.

The share aged 65 and over is 5.3% in the Republic of Korea and 13.4% in Japan, 8.1 points higher in Japan. The median age is 28.1 years in the Republic of Korea and 39.0 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.68 in the Republic of Korea and 1.44 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 72.8 years in the Republic of Korea and 79.5 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the Republic of Korea is projected to grow by 1.2% and that of Japan to shrink by 15.7% compared with 1993.

GDP per person is $36K in the Republic of Korea (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1993)

Republic of KoreaJapan
Population44.8 million124.6 million
Aged 0–1424.4%16.6%
Aged 15–6470.3%70.0%
Aged 65+5.3%13.4%
Median age28.1 yrs39.0 yrs
Old-age dependency7.519.1
Total fertility rate1.681.44
Life expectancy72.8 yrs79.5 yrs
Population growth+0.54%+0.35%
Net migration (per year)-222,802+168,836
GDP$1.87T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment2.7% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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