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Thailand vs Japan: population pyramids in 1998

1998Swap

ThailandJapan

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.

Thailand and Japan compared

In 1998, Thailand has a population of 61.1 million and Japan 126.4 million; Japan is about 2.1 times the size of Thailand.

The share aged 65 and over is 5.4% in Thailand and 16.0% in Japan, 10.7 points higher in Japan. The median age is 28.6 years in Thailand and 40.9 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.81 in Thailand and 1.37 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 70.7 years in Thailand and 80.7 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Thailand is projected to grow by 8.8% and that of Japan to shrink by 16.9% compared with 1998.

GDP per person is $8,057 in Thailand (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1998)

ThailandJapan
Population61.1 million126.4 million
Aged 0–1425.7%14.9%
Aged 15–6469.0%69.0%
Aged 65+5.4%16.0%
Median age28.6 yrs40.9 yrs
Old-age dependency7.823.2
Total fertility rate1.811.37
Life expectancy70.7 yrs80.7 yrs
Population growth+1.30%+0.22%
Net migration (per year)+183,471+45,912
GDP$577B (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$8,057 (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment0.8% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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