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United States of America vs Japan: population pyramids in 2012

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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 2012, the United States of America has a population of 315.6 million and Japan 128 million; the United States of America is about 2.5 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 13.2% in the United States of America and 24.0% in Japan, 10.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 37.0 years in the United States of America and 45.7 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.86 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 78.8 years in the United States of America and 83.2 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of the United States of America is projected to grow by 20.5% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.9% compared with 2012.

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

Key figures (2012)

United States of AmericaJapan
Population315.6 million128 million
Aged 0–1419.6%13.3%
Aged 15–6467.3%62.7%
Aged 65+13.2%24.0%
Median age37.0 yrs45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency19.638.3
Total fertility rate1.861.38
Life expectancy78.8 yrs83.2 yrs
Population growth+0.95%-0.15%
Net migration (per year)+1.6 million+67,904
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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