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
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
The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.