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Thailand vs Japan: population pyramids in 2012

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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 2012, Thailand has a population of 69.2 million and Japan 128 million; Japan is about 1.8 times the size of Thailand.

The share aged 65 and over is 9.0% in Thailand and 24.0% in Japan, 15.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 35.2 years in Thailand and 45.7 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.56 in Thailand and 1.38 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 75.6 years in Thailand and 83.2 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Thailand is projected to shrink by 3.9% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.9% compared with 2012.

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

Key figures (2012)

ThailandJapan
Population69.2 million128 million
Aged 0–1419.5%13.3%
Aged 15–6471.6%62.7%
Aged 65+9.0%24.0%
Median age35.2 yrs45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency12.638.3
Total fertility rate1.561.38
Life expectancy75.6 yrs83.2 yrs
Population growth+0.61%-0.15%
Net migration (per year)+74,033+67,904
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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