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Viet Nam vs Japan: population pyramids in 1998

1998Swap

Viet NamJapan

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.

Viet Nam and Japan compared

In 1998, Viet Nam has a population of 74.8 million and Japan 126.4 million; Japan is about 1.7 times the size of Viet Nam.

The share aged 65 and over is 5.8% in Viet Nam and 16.0% in Japan, 10.3 points higher in Japan. The median age is 22.6 years in Viet Nam and 40.9 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.10 in Viet Nam and 1.37 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 72.3 years in Viet Nam and 80.7 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Viet Nam is projected to grow by 47.1% and that of Japan to shrink by 16.9% compared with 1998.

GDP per person is $5,066 in Viet Nam (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1998)

Viet NamJapan
Population74.8 million126.4 million
Aged 0–1434.0%14.9%
Aged 15–6460.2%69.0%
Aged 65+5.8%16.0%
Median age22.6 yrs40.9 yrs
Old-age dependency9.623.2
Total fertility rate2.101.37
Life expectancy72.3 yrs80.7 yrs
Population growth+1.42%+0.22%
Net migration (per year)+106,091+45,912
GDP$515B (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$5,066 (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment1.5% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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