Which has higher population ages 75-79, female, India or Japan?

India, at 9.61 million against 4.74 million in Japan as of 2025.

What is the difference in population ages 75-79, female between India and Japan?

4.87 million, with India ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

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 75-79, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

India vs Japan: Population ages 75-79, female

India

9.61 million

in 2025

Japan

4.74 million

in 2025

India rank

2nd

Japan rank

4th

Population ages 75-79, female over time

India
Japan

How they compare

India currently reports 9.61 million against 4.74 million in Japan, a difference of 4.87 million.

That makes India's figure about 2.0 times Japan's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 4th of 217 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.37 million	640,955	728,873	India
1970s	1.90 million	948,164	956,538	India
1980s	2.73 million	1.47 million	1.26 million	India
1990s	3.69 million	2.06 million	1.63 million	India
2000s	5.08 million	2.96 million	2.11 million	India
2010s	7.02 million	3.62 million	3.40 million	India
2020s	8.61 million	4.20 million	4.41 million	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population ages 75-79, female, India or Japan?: India, at 9.61 million against 4.74 million in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in population ages 75-79, female between India and Japan?: 4.87 million, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do India and Japan rank globally for population ages 75-79, female?: India ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 4th of 217 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 75-79, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population ages 75-79, female
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: 20 August 2026

Female population between the ages 75 to 79.