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Russian Federation vs Japan: population pyramids in 1981

1981Swap

Russian FederationJapan

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.

Russian Federation and Japan compared

In 1981, the Russian Federation has a population of 139 million and Japan 118.7 million; the Russian Federation is about 1.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 10.2% in the Russian Federation and 9.2% in Japan, 1.0 points higher in the Russian Federation. The median age is 31.2 years in the Russian Federation and 33.0 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.94 in the Russian Federation and 1.72 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 67.6 years in the Russian Federation and 76.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the Russian Federation is projected to shrink by 2.0% and that of Japan to shrink by 11.5% compared with 1981.

GDP per person is $18K in the Russian Federation (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1981)

Russian FederationJapan
Population139 million118.7 million
Aged 0–1421.7%23.3%
Aged 15–6468.1%67.5%
Aged 65+10.2%9.2%
Median age31.2 yrs33.0 yrs
Old-age dependency15.013.6
Total fertility rate1.941.72
Life expectancy67.6 yrs76.6 yrs
Population growth+0.57%+0.43%
Net migration (per year)+36,686-278,525
GDP$2.56T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$18K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment2.1% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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