Japan vs Yemen: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Japan
14.49 million people
in 2023
Yemen
16.24 million people
in 2023
Japan rank
28th
Yemen rank
26th

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

  • Japan
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 16.24 million people against 14.49 million people in Japan, a difference of 1.75 million people.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 28th and Yemen ranks 26th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 7 and Yemen in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Yemen Difference Ahead
1950s 30.23 million people 2.02 million people 28.21 million people Japan
1960s 26.07 million people 2.55 million people 23.51 million people Japan
1970s 26.57 million people 3.71 million people 22.86 million people Japan
1980s 26.04 million people 5.65 million people 20.39 million people Japan
1990s 20.05 million people 8.33 million people 11.72 million people Japan
2000s 17.69 million people 10.51 million people 7.18 million people Japan
2010s 16.44 million people 12.96 million people 3.48 million people Japan
2020s 14.97 million people 15.58 million people 610,175 people Yemen

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 Yemen?
Yemen, at 16.24 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 Yemen?
1.75 million people, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Yemen?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Japan and Yemen rank globally for share of children, working-age adults, and older people?
Japan ranks 28th and Yemen ranks 26th 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

Indicator
Share 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 0-14.