Work · 1950–2100
The years of work
19502100
This person’s working-age years, from 15 to 64, run from 2009 to 2058. Japan’s years with few dependants (1963–2003) ended before they began.
Topics
You · UN World Population Prospects 2024 · worked out on your device
Your generation, in numbers
Enter the day and the country you were born. You’ll see where the people born when you were stand among everyone alive — in pictures, from the United Nations’ figures.
An example: someone born in Japan on 12 May 1994, as of 1 July 2026. Enter your own above.
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WLD · 1950–2100 · the oldest tenth
In 2070, the generation born in 1994 joins the oldest tenth of everyone alive.
That will be at the age of 76.
JPN · 1950–2100 · the oldest tenth
In Japan, that happens in 2081, at the age of 87.
WLD · JPN · 2026 · younger and older
Of every 100 people alive in 2026
50 of every 100 people in the world are younger than this person. In Japan, 28 of every 100 are.
- younger than this person
- 50
- the same age or older
- 50
- younger than this person
- 28
- the same age or older
- 72
WLD · JPN · 2026 · one year of age
This person is one of 119 million people aged 32
That is how many people in the whole world are aged 32 on 1 July 2026, as the UN projects it. About 330,000 of them share this person’s birthday: born on the same day of the same year.
In Japan, 1.2 million people are aged 32, and about 3,300 of them share the birthday. Of every 1,000 people this age in the world, 10 live in Japan.
WLD · JPN · 1994
The year this person was born: 1994
On an average day in 1994, about 3,300 babies were born in Japan — and about 370,000 in the whole world.
How many people there were
The world on 12 May 1994 5.66 billion
The world on 1 July 2026 8.30 billion
Each block is a billion people; the last one is cut to size.
Between 1 January 1950 and that day in 1994, about 5.33 billion babies were born around the world.
JPN · born 1994 · 2026
This person’s generation in Japan
Everyone born in Japan in the same twelve months as this person, against everyone that age living there in 2026.
Babies born in Japan, July 1993 to June 1994 1,182,960
People aged 32 living in Japan, mid‑2026 1,202,062
Each block is 50,000 people; the last one is cut to size.
About 19,000 more people of this age live in Japan than were born there. Some of the babies have died or moved away since, so at least that many more people of this age have moved in than have left.
JPN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year
The generation born in 1994 on the wall for Japan
This is everyone in Japan from 1950 to 2100. Each column is a year and each row an age; the stronger a cell's colour, the more people. The highlighted diagonal is the generation born in 1994, one year older every year — the strip underneath lays it flat. Select any cell to follow another generation.
JPN · 236 countries · 1950–2100
Which country Japan is most like
In 1994, Japan was most like Cabo Verde in 2045 (a UN projection).
In 2026, Japan is most like Italy in 2031 (a UN projection).
WLD · JPN · 1994–2094 · a square a year
This person’s life on one sheet
Since this person was born, the world has passed 6, 7 and 8 billion people. It passes 9 billion in 2037 (a projection), at this person’s age 43. It passes 10 billion in 2060 (a projection), at this person’s age 66. If the UN’s middle path holds, it peaks at 10.3 billion in 2084, when this person would be 89.
In this person’s lifetime so far, Japan has about as many people as then: 125 million, and 122 million now.
- 6 6 billion: 1998, at 4
- 7 7 billion: 2010, at 15
- 8 8 billion: 2022, at 27
- 9 9 billion: 2037, at 43 (projected)
- 10 10 billion: 2060, at 66 (projected)
- ▲ The peak, 10.3 billion: 2084, at 89 (projected)
JPN · born 1994 · every topic
This person’s generation in every topic
The same birth year and country, seen through each of the site’s topics. Each card links to the full page.
Migration · 2020–2025
People this person’s age on the move
age 0100+
Between 2020 and 2025, each year about 10,000 people more aged 25–29 — this person’s age group — moved to Japan than left it.
Climate · the world’s temperature
The years this person has lived through
32 of 32 years warmer than 1951–1980
Of the 32 years this person has lived through, 1994 to 2025, 32 were warmer than the world’s 1951–1980 average — every one of them — and 11 were of the 11 warmest ever measured.
Cities · of 100 people
Living in a city
68
68
68
Of every 100 people in Japan, 68 lived in a city the year this person was born, 1994; 68 do in 2026; and the UN expects 68 in 2050.
Living · of 100 people
Power and the internet
100
100
1
86
In 1994, the year this person was born, 100 of every 100 people in Japan had electricity; in 2024, 100 did. In 1994, the year this person was born, 1 of every 100 people in Japan used the internet; in 2024, 86 did.
Health · of 100 babies
Babies who did not reach five
Of 100 babies born in Japan in 1994, about 1 did not live to see their fifth birthday. At 2023’s rates, fewer than 1 in 100 would not.
Displacement · since 1993
Forced from home
The UN refugee agency has never counted more than 1,000 people from Japan forced from home at one time since this person was born.
Money · no figure
Why there is no money figure here
A dollar in 1994 and a dollar today buy different things, and a country’s average income says nothing about any one family. So this page gives no money figure for this person’s generation.
WLD · JPN · the years this person turns 30, 50 and 80
The world when this person is 30, 50 and 80
What the world and Japan look like in the years this person turns 30, 50 and 80. Years after 2023 are the UN’s projection: its most likely path, with the range it is 95% sure of.
At 30, in 2024
UN projection
- People in the world
- 8.13 billion
- People in Japan
- 124 million
- Half the people are older than
- 31.6 in the world · 50.4 in Japan
- Of 100 people, living in a city
- 44 in the world · 68 in Japan
- People 65 and over for every 100 aged 15–64
- 16 in the world · 51 in Japan
At 50, in 2044
UN projection
- People in the world
- 9.36 billion 95% range 9.18 billion to 9.53 billion
- People in Japan
- 110 million 95% range 103 million to 117 million
- Half the people are older than
- 35.8 in the world · 54.1 in Japan
- Of 100 people, living in a city
- 47 in the world · 69 in Japan
- People 65 and over for every 100 aged 15–64
- 23 in the world · 70 in Japan
At 80, in 2074
UN projection
- People in the world
- 10.2 billion 95% range 9.64 billion to 10.8 billion
- People in Japan
- 88 million 95% range 70 million to 109 million
- Half the people are older than
- 40.4 in the world · 54.4 in Japan
- People 65 and over for every 100 aged 15–64
- 34 in the world · 71 in Japan
WLD · JPN · 2026 · ages 8–17
Kids like you
Pick an age. See 100 children that age, in the whole world or in Japan.
- Africa 28
- Asia 55
- Europe 6
- Latin America and the Caribbean 7
- Northern America 3
- Oceania 1
Of 100 children aged 10 in the world
In school
The World Bank has no count for the whole world of children who are out of school. Choose a country to see one.
Have electricity: 92
Of every 100 people of all ages in the world, 2024.
Use the internet: 71
Of every 100 people of all ages in the world, 2024.
Live in a city: 45
Of every 100 people of all ages in the world, 2026.
JPN · born 1994 · of 100 babies
How many of the babies born in 1994 reach each birthday
Of 100 babies born in Japan in 1994, about 94 would reach their 65th birthday. Show moreShow less
Of 100 babies born in Japan in 1994, about 94 would reach their 65th birthday.
Show
Birthday
- reach their 65th birthday
- 94
- do not reach it
- 6
| 5th birthday | 99 |
|---|---|
| 18th birthday | 99 |
| 40th birthday* | 98 |
| 65th birthday* | 94 |
| 80th birthday* | 86 |
| 90th birthday* | 66 |
| 100th birthday* | 20 |
How to read this: each square is one baby out of 100; solid squares reach the birthday you picked. * Birthdays after 2023 use the UN’s projected death rates and are hatched.
Counting real people instead: of all the babies born in the whole world in 1994, about 88 in 100 are still alive in 2026, as the UN counts them (a projection).
Apparatus · limits
What this can’t tell you
- Anything about you as a person. Every number here is about everyone born in the same place and year. Your health, family, work and choices matter far more than any average, and this page knows none of them.
- When anyone will die. This page never estimates that, for anyone.
- Causes. The UN’s figures count deaths; they don’t say what people died of.
- Where in a country. Towns and regions can differ a lot from the country as a whole.
- Before 1950 or after 2100. The UN’s yearly figures start in 1950 and its projections end in 2100.
- More than two sexes. The UN publishes figures for females and males only.
- The future for certain. Years after 2023 are the UN’s medium projection: its most likely path, not a promise.
Apparatus
Sources and method
All figures are from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024 (CC BY 3.0 IGO): estimates to 2023, the medium projection after it.
Who is younger, and the oldest tenth use the UN’s mid-year population by single year of age; your exact age on 1 July places you inside your year of age, which is taken to be spread evenly. Your generation is everyone aged the same as you on 1 July: they were born in the twelve months from July to June, and the babies born then are the average of the two calendar years’ births.
How many babies reach each birthday follows one year’s newborns through the UN’s death rates for each age in each year they would live through (the average of the two calendar years spent at that age), with the Andreev–Kingkade method for the first year. It leaves out migration, so it answers “how many of the babies born here would reach 65”, not “how many people of this age live here”. The world figure beside it counts the world’s real babies of that year, as tracked by the UN. Before building, these life tables were checked against published life expectancy and survival for every country, year and sex, and the death rates against the UN’s official five-year rates.
The twin is the other country and year closest on three measures at once — the age half the people are older than, children per woman and life expectancy at birth — each measured against how much it varies across all 236 countries and 151 years.
You are one of counts the people of your single year of age on 1 July; “share the birthday” divides them by the days in the year they were born. Your life on one sheet finds when the world passed each billion from the UN’s 1 January counts, straight between them. The world at 30, 50 and 80 gives 1 January counts with the UN’s 95% range, and the median age and people 65+ for every 100 aged 15–64 from the mid-year single-age grids.
Every topic reads the tables the topic pages print from: the years with fewer than 50 dependants for every 100 of working age (/work); net migration by five-year age group, 2020–2025 (/migration); world temperature against 1951–1980, NASA GISTEMP (/climate); cities on the UN’s one rule for every country, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (/cities); electricity and internet shares, World Bank (/living); people forced from home at the end of each year, UNHCR, from 1993 (/displacement). Babies who did not reach five are the life-table survivors above, at age five.
Kids like you counts the UN’s children of each exact age by continent. School is the World Bank’s children and adolescents out of school (UNESCO), by the country’s own starting age and length of primary school; the first three years of secondary age are read as lower secondary, the last level the Bank counts. Values older than 2015 are not shown. Electricity, the internet and cities are shares of everyone, not measured for children.
Privacy. The date you enter never leaves your device, and every number here is worked out in your browser. Nothing is sent, stored or put in the address bar. The country you pick does decide which prepared file the page downloads next — the same file every reader who picks that country gets.
Sources: UN WPP 2024 · UN WUP 2025 · NASA GISTEMP · UNHCR · US Census Bureau · country code lists · World Bank. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
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