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Russian Federation vs Japan: population pyramids in 2015

2015Swap

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 2015, the Russian Federation has a population of 145.1 million and Japan 127.3 million; the Russian Federation is about 1.1 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 13.4% in the Russian Federation and 26.6% in Japan, 13.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 38.6 years in the Russian Federation and 46.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.79 in the Russian Federation and 1.42 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in the Russian Federation and 83.9 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the Russian Federation is projected to shrink by 6.1% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.5% compared with 2015.

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

Key figures (2015)

Russian FederationJapan
Population145.1 million127.3 million
Aged 0–1416.7%12.9%
Aged 15–6470.0%60.5%
Aged 65+13.4%26.6%
Median age38.6 yrs46.6 yrs
Old-age dependency19.143.9
Total fertility rate1.791.42
Life expectancy71.3 yrs83.9 yrs
Population growth+0.31%-0.13%
Net migration (per year)+384,756+168,896
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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