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China, Taiwan Province of China vs Japan: population pyramids in 2077

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China, Taiwan Province of ChinaJapan

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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.

China, Taiwan Province of China and Japan compared

In 2077, China, Taiwan Province of China has a population of 13.6 million and Japan 85.7 million; Japan is about 6.3 times the size of China, Taiwan Province of China.

The share aged 65 and over is 42.4% in China, Taiwan Province of China and 36.6% in Japan, 5.8 points higher in China, Taiwan Province of China. The median age is 60.1 years in China, Taiwan Province of China and 53.7 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.23 in China, Taiwan Province of China and 1.44 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 88.3 years in China, Taiwan Province of China and 91.7 years in Japan.

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2077)

China, Taiwan Province of ChinaJapan
Population13.6 million85.7 million
Aged 0–148.4%11.5%
Aged 15–6449.2%51.9%
Aged 65+42.4%36.6%
Median age60.1 yrs53.7 yrs
Old-age dependency86.270.6
Total fertility rate1.231.44
Life expectancy88.3 yrs91.7 yrs
Population growth-1.47%-0.62%
Net migration (per year)+6,207+92,602
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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