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Russian Federation vs Japan: population pyramids in 1995

1995Swap

Russian FederationJapan

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.

Russian Federation and Japan compared

In 1995, the Russian Federation has a population of 148.4 million and Japan 125.5 million; the Russian Federation is about 1.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 11.7% in the Russian Federation and 14.4% in Japan, 2.7 points higher in Japan. The median age is 34.8 years in the Russian Federation and 39.8 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.35 in the Russian Federation and 1.41 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 64.0 years in the Russian Federation and 79.7 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the Russian Federation is projected to shrink by 8.2% and that of Japan to shrink by 16.3% compared with 1995.

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

Key figures (1995)

Russian FederationJapan
Population148.4 million125.5 million
Aged 0–1421.4%15.8%
Aged 15–6466.9%69.8%
Aged 65+11.7%14.4%
Median age34.8 yrs39.8 yrs
Old-age dependency17.620.6
Total fertility rate1.351.41
Life expectancy64.0 yrs79.7 yrs
Population growth-0.12%+0.25%
Net migration (per year)+723,875+87,714
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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