Japan vs Post-demographic dividend: Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita
Japan
0.2999 units per person
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend
0.2144 units per person
in 2025
Japan rank
2nd
Post-demographic dividend rank
1st
Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita over time
- Japan
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.2999 units per person against 0.2144 units per person in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 0.0855 units per person.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Post-demographic dividend ahead.
Japan ranks 2nd and Post-demographic dividend ranks 1st of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Post-demographic dividend in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0631 units per person | 0.0926 units per person | 0.0295 units per person | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1970s | 0.0788 units per person | 0.1072 units per person | 0.0283 units per person | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1980s | 0.1027 units per person | 0.1186 units per person | 0.016 units per person | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1990s | 0.1446 units per person | 0.1346 units per person | 0.01 units per person | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.2007 units per person | 0.1517 units per person | 0.049 units per person | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.2623 units per person | 0.177 units per person | 0.0852 units per person | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.2948 units per person | 0.2045 units per person | 0.0903 units per person | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population ages 65 and above, total, per capita, Japan or Post-demographic dividend?
- Japan, at 0.2999 units per person against 0.2144 units per person in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population ages 65 and above, total, per capita between Japan and Post-demographic dividend?
- 0.0855 units per person, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Post-demographic dividend?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for population ages 65 and above, total, per capita?
- Japan ranks 2nd and Post-demographic dividend ranks 1st of 217 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population ages 65 and above, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.