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Viet Nam vs Japan: population pyramids in 2012

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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 2012, Viet Nam has a population of 89 million and Japan 128 million; Japan is about 1.4 times the size of Viet Nam.

The share aged 65 and over is 6.1% in Viet Nam and 24.0% in Japan, 18.0 points higher in Japan. The median age is 28.8 years in Viet Nam and 45.7 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.97 in Viet Nam and 1.38 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 73.8 years in Viet Nam and 83.2 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Viet Nam is projected to grow by 23.6% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.9% compared with 2012.

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

Key figures (2012)

Viet NamJapan
Population89 million128 million
Aged 0–1424.1%13.3%
Aged 15–6469.9%62.7%
Aged 65+6.1%24.0%
Median age28.8 yrs45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency8.738.3
Total fertility rate1.971.38
Life expectancy73.8 yrs83.2 yrs
Population growth+1.18%-0.15%
Net migration (per year)-4,851+67,904
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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