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Viet Nam vs Japan: population pyramids in 2002

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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 2002, Viet Nam has a population of 78.4 million and Japan 127.4 million; Japan is about 1.6 times the size of Viet Nam.

The share aged 65 and over is 6.1% in Viet Nam and 18.3% in Japan, 12.2 points higher in Japan. The median age is 24.3 years in Viet Nam and 42.3 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.01 in Viet Nam and 1.31 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 73.1 years in Viet Nam and 81.8 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Viet Nam is projected to grow by 40.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.5% compared with 2002.

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

Key figures (2002)

Viet NamJapan
Population78.4 million127.4 million
Aged 0–1430.2%14.1%
Aged 15–6463.7%67.5%
Aged 65+6.1%18.3%
Median age24.3 yrs42.3 yrs
Old-age dependency9.627.1
Total fertility rate2.011.31
Life expectancy73.1 yrs81.8 yrs
Population growth+1.01%+0.17%
Net migration (per year)-193,766+60,864
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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