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China, Taiwan Province of China vs Japan: population pyramids in 1987

1987Swap

China, Taiwan Province of ChinaJapan

1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%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.

China, Taiwan Province of China and Japan compared

In 1987, China, Taiwan Province of China has a population of 19.9 million and Japan 121.7 million; Japan is about 6.1 times the size of China, Taiwan Province of China.

The share aged 65 and over is 5.2% in China, Taiwan Province of China and 10.8% in Japan, 5.6 points higher in Japan. The median age is 25.4 years in China, Taiwan Province of China and 36.2 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.71 in China, Taiwan Province of China and 1.67 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 73.6 years in China, Taiwan Province of China and 78.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of China, Taiwan Province of China is projected to shrink by 2.0% and that of Japan to shrink by 13.7% compared with 1987.

Key figures (1987)

China, Taiwan Province of ChinaJapan
Population19.9 million121.7 million
Aged 0–1429.1%20.7%
Aged 15–6465.8%68.5%
Aged 65+5.2%10.8%
Median age25.4 yrs36.2 yrs
Old-age dependency7.815.7
Total fertility rate1.711.67
Life expectancy73.6 yrs78.6 yrs
Population growth+1.02%+0.46%
Net migration (per year)-25,712+28,001
GDP—$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person—$36K (2025)
Unemployment—2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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