Germany vs Japan: Population ages 55-59, male

Germany

3.30 million

in 2025

Japan

4.32 million

in 2025

Germany rank

9th

Japan rank

6th

Population ages 55-59, male over time

Japan currently reports 4.32 million against 3.30 million in Germany, a difference of 1.02 million.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Germany ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 9th and Japan ranks 6th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Population ages 55-59, male
Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 17,130 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Male population between the ages 55 to 59.