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Viet Nam vs Japan: population pyramids in 2050

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Viet NamJapan

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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 2050, Viet Nam has a population of 110 million and Japan 105 million; the two are about the same size.

The share aged 65 and over is 19.7% in Viet Nam and 37.2% in Japan, 17.5 points higher in Japan. The median age is 41.1 years in Viet Nam and 53.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.74 in Viet Nam and 1.35 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 78.9 years in Viet Nam and 88.4 years in Japan.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2050)

Viet NamJapan
Population110 million105 million
Aged 0–1417.0%11.3%
Aged 15–6463.2%51.5%
Aged 65+19.7%37.2%
Median age41.1 yrs53.6 yrs
Old-age dependency31.272.2
Total fertility rate1.741.35
Life expectancy78.9 yrs88.4 yrs
Population growth-0.02%-0.64%
Net migration (per year)-32,395+119,363
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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