Japan vs United States of America: Population ages 65-69, male

Japan
3.60 million
in 2025
United States of America
9.58 million
in 2025
Japan rank
6th
United States of America rank
3rd

Population ages 65-69, male over time

  • Japan
  • United States of America
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M196019922025

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 9.58 million against 3.60 million in Japan, a difference of 5.98 million.

That makes United States of America's figure about 2.7 times Japan's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 3rd of 218 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan United States of America Difference Ahead
1960s 1.19 million 2.91 million 1.72 million United States of America
1970s 1.52 million 3.40 million 1.88 million United States of America
1980s 1.81 million 4.09 million 2.28 million United States of America
1990s 2.89 million 4.44 million 1.55 million United States of America
2000s 3.68 million 4.82 million 1.14 million United States of America
2010s 4.45 million 7.24 million 2.79 million United States of America
2020s 3.76 million 9.02 million 5.26 million United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population ages 65-69, male, Japan or United States of America?
United States of America, at 9.58 million against 3.60 million in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in population ages 65-69, male between Japan and United States of America?
5.98 million, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States of America?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Japan and United States of America rank globally for population ages 65-69, male?
Japan ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, published as Population ages 65-69, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs United States of America: Population ages 65-69, male. Statizoid, drawing on World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/population-ages-65-69-male/japan/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/population-ages-65-69-male/japan/united-states/">Japan vs United States of America: Population ages 65-69, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population ages 65-69, male
Source
World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
262 places, 17,262 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Male population between the ages 65 to 69.