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Russian Federation vs Japan: population pyramids in 2078

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Russian FederationJapan

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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 2078, the Russian Federation has a population of 127.9 million and Japan 85.2 million; the Russian Federation is about 1.5 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 24.3% in the Russian Federation and 36.7% in Japan, 12.4 points higher in Japan. The median age is 44.0 years in the Russian Federation and 53.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.58 in the Russian Federation and 1.44 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 82.2 years in the Russian Federation and 91.8 years in Japan.

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 (2078)

Russian FederationJapan
Population127.9 million85.2 million
Aged 0–1414.9%11.6%
Aged 15–6460.8%51.7%
Aged 65+24.3%36.7%
Median age44.0 yrs53.6 yrs
Old-age dependency40.071.0
Total fertility rate1.581.44
Life expectancy82.2 yrs91.8 yrs
Population growth-0.11%-0.60%
Net migration (per year)+297,914+92,644
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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