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China, Taiwan Province of China vs Japan: population pyramids in 1992

1992Swap

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 1992, China, Taiwan Province of China has a population of 20.9 million and Japan 124.1 million; Japan is about 5.9 times the size of China, Taiwan Province of China.

The share aged 65 and over is 6.4% in China, Taiwan Province of China and 12.9% in Japan, 6.5 points higher in Japan. The median age is 27.8 years in China, Taiwan Province of China and 38.5 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.74 in China, Taiwan Province of China and 1.48 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 74.3 years in China, Taiwan Province of China and 79.3 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of China, Taiwan Province of China is projected to shrink by 6.6% and that of Japan to shrink by 15.4% compared with 1992.

Key figures (1992)

China, Taiwan Province of ChinaJapan
Population20.9 million124.1 million
Aged 0–1426.2%17.1%
Aged 15–6467.4%70.0%
Aged 65+6.4%12.9%
Median age27.8 yrs38.5 yrs
Old-age dependency9.518.4
Total fertility rate1.741.48
Life expectancy74.3 yrs79.3 yrs
Population growth+0.95%+0.38%
Net migration (per year)-20,985+170,878
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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