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Russian Federation vs Japan: population pyramids in 2021

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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 2021, the Russian Federation has a population of 146.2 million and Japan 125.9 million; the Russian Federation is about 1.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 15.6% in the Russian Federation and 29.0% in Japan, 13.4 points higher in Japan. The median age is 39.8 years in the Russian Federation and 48.9 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.51 in the Russian Federation and 1.27 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 69.8 years in the Russian Federation and 84.5 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the Russian Federation is projected to shrink by 6.8% and that of Japan to shrink by 16.6% compared with 2021.

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

Key figures (2021)

Russian FederationJapan
Population146.2 million125.9 million
Aged 0–1417.7%12.2%
Aged 15–6466.7%58.8%
Aged 65+15.6%29.0%
Median age39.8 yrs48.9 yrs
Old-age dependency23.449.3
Total fertility rate1.511.27
Life expectancy69.8 yrs84.5 yrs
Population growth-0.48%-0.56%
Net migration (per year)+314,112-34,996
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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