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Viet Nam vs Japan: population pyramids in 2072

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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 2072, Viet Nam has a population of 104.6 million and Japan 88.9 million; Viet Nam is about 1.2 times the size of Japan.

The share aged 65 and over is 25.3% in Viet Nam and 36.4% in Japan, 11.1 points higher in Japan. The median age is 46.7 years in Viet Nam and 54.3 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.72 in Viet Nam and 1.42 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 82.3 years in Viet Nam and 91.1 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 (2072)

Viet NamJapan
Population104.6 million88.9 million
Aged 0–1414.5%11.1%
Aged 15–6460.2%52.6%
Aged 65+25.3%36.4%
Median age46.7 yrs54.3 yrs
Old-age dependency42.069.2
Total fertility rate1.721.42
Life expectancy82.3 yrs91.1 yrs
Population growth-0.38%-0.74%
Net migration (per year)-27,236+95,308
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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