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Philippines vs Japan: population pyramids in 2025

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PhilippinesJapan

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.

Philippines and Japan compared

In 2025, the Philippines has a population of 116.3 million and Japan 123.3 million; Japan is about 1.1 times the size of the Philippines.

The share aged 65 and over is 5.6% in the Philippines and 29.8% in Japan, 24.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 26.9 years in the Philippines and 50.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.88 in the Philippines and 1.23 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 70.1 years in the Philippines and 85.0 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the Philippines is projected to grow by 15.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 14.8% compared with 2025.

GDP per person is $4,171 in the Philippines (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2025)

PhilippinesJapan
Population116.3 million123.3 million
Aged 0–1427.5%11.3%
Aged 15–6466.9%58.8%
Aged 65+5.6%29.8%
Median age26.9 yrs50.6 yrs
Old-age dependency8.450.7
Total fertility rate1.881.23
Life expectancy70.1 yrs85.0 yrs
Population growth+0.81%-0.54%
Net migration (per year)-149,315+140,579
GDP$487B (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$4,171 (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment2.2% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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