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Russian Federation vs Japan: population pyramids in 2025

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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 2025, the Russian Federation has a population of 144.4 million and Japan 123.3 million; the Russian Federation is about 1.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 17.5% in the Russian Federation and 29.8% in Japan, 12.4 points higher in Japan. The median age is 41.1 years in the Russian Federation and 50.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.46 in the Russian Federation and 1.23 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 73.5 years in the Russian Federation and 85.0 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the Russian Federation is projected to shrink by 5.7% and that of Japan to shrink by 14.8% compared with 2025.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2025)

Russian FederationJapan
Population144.4 million123.3 million
Aged 0–1417.2%11.3%
Aged 15–6465.4%58.8%
Aged 65+17.5%29.8%
Median age41.1 yrs50.6 yrs
Old-age dependency26.750.7
Total fertility rate1.461.23
Life expectancy73.5 yrs85.0 yrs
Population growth-0.61%-0.54%
Net migration (per year)-251,822+140,579
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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