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United States of America vs Japan: population pyramids in 1997

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United States of AmericaJapan

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.

United States of America and Japan compared

In 1997, the United States of America has a population of 272.1 million and Japan 126.1 million; the United States of America is about 2.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 12.4% in the United States of America and 15.5% in Japan, 3.1 points higher in Japan. The median age is 34.5 years in the United States of America and 40.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.96 in the United States of America and 1.38 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in the United States of America and 80.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the United States of America is projected to grow by 39.7% and that of Japan to shrink by 16.7% compared with 1997.

GDP per person is $90K in the United States of America (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1997)

United States of AmericaJapan
Population272.1 million126.1 million
Aged 0–1421.6%15.2%
Aged 15–6466.0%69.3%
Aged 65+12.4%15.5%
Median age34.5 yrs40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency18.722.3
Total fertility rate1.961.38
Life expectancy76.5 yrs80.6 yrs
Population growth+0.95%+0.23%
Net migration (per year)+1.1 million+43,366
GDP$30.8T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$90K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment4.2% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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