Japan vs Mozambique: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
Japan
14.49 million people
in 2023
Mozambique
15.05 million people
in 2023
Japan rank
28th
Mozambique rank
27th
Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time
- Japan
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 15.05 million people against 14.49 million people in Japan, a difference of 565,100 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 28th and Mozambique ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 30.23 million people | 2.57 million people | 27.66 million people | Japan |
| 1960s | 26.07 million people | 3.09 million people | 22.97 million people | Japan |
| 1970s | 26.57 million people | 4.18 million people | 22.39 million people | Japan |
| 1980s | 26.04 million people | 5.63 million people | 20.41 million people | Japan |
| 1990s | 20.05 million people | 6.94 million people | 13.11 million people | Japan |
| 2000s | 17.69 million people | 9.13 million people | 8.56 million people | Japan |
| 2010s | 16.44 million people | 11.99 million people | 4.45 million people | Japan |
| 2020s | 14.97 million people | 14.48 million people | 488,175 people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of children, working-age adults, and older people, Japan or Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 15.05 million people against 14.49 million people in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of children, working-age adults, and older people between Japan and Mozambique?
- 565,100 people, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mozambique?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Mozambique rank globally for share of children, working-age adults, and older people?
- Japan ranks 28th and Mozambique ranks 27th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of children, working-age adults, and older people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.