India vs Japan: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

India
99.51 million people
in 2023
Japan
36.65 million people
in 2023
India rank
2nd
Japan rank
4th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

  • India
  • Japan
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M195019862023

How they compare

India currently reports 99.51 million people against 36.65 million people in Japan, a difference of 62.87 million people.

That makes India's figure about 2.7 times Japan's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 4th of 236 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.