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Viet Nam vs Japan: population pyramids in 2008

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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 2008, Viet Nam has a population of 84.4 million and Japan 128.1 million; Japan is about 1.5 times the size of Viet Nam.

The share aged 65 and over is 6.1% in Viet Nam and 21.9% in Japan, 15.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 27.1 years in Viet Nam and 44.4 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.93 in Viet Nam and 1.33 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 73.5 years in Viet Nam and 82.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Viet Nam is projected to grow by 30.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 18.0% compared with 2008.

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

Key figures (2008)

Viet NamJapan
Population84.4 million128.1 million
Aged 0–1425.9%13.6%
Aged 15–6468.0%64.5%
Aged 65+6.1%21.9%
Median age27.1 yrs44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency9.034.0
Total fertility rate1.931.33
Life expectancy73.5 yrs82.6 yrs
Population growth+1.85%+0.04%
Net migration (per year)+571,113+142,605
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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