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Tighter definitions for Greater Tokyo do not include adjacent metropolitan areas of Numazu-Mishima (approx. 450,000) to the southwest, Maebashi-Takasaki-Ōta-Ashikaga (approx. 1,500,000 people) on the northwest, and Greater Utsunomiya (approx. 1,000,000) to the north. If they are included, Greater Tokyo's population would be around 39 million.
The number of Japanese citizens decreased by 801,000 to 122,423,038 in 2022 from a year earlier, which was the most severe decrease and the first time all 47 prefectures have suffered a decline since the launch of the poll in 1968. The nation's population reached 128,057,352 Japanese people by early 2010.
The global decline in population should not be feared but embraced as an opportunity to rethink and reshape our economic models for greater equity and resilience. We have scant choice otherwise.
The capital city, Tokyo, has a population of 13.9 million (2022). [244] It is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the biggest metropolitan area in the world with 37.4 million people (2024). [245] Japan is an ethnically and culturally homogeneous society, [246] with the Japanese people forming 97.4% of the country's population. [247]
New Orleans, like many major American cities, saw its population decrease considerably over the latter half of the 20th century, losing almost 50% of the population from its peak in 1960. In large part because of white flight and suburbanization, the population loss perpetuated existing racial segregation and left people of color (mostly ...
Away from Tokyo’s city centre crowds, Annabel Grossman slows down to discover Japan’s quiet backstreets, hipster neighbourhoods and crowd-free temples Tokyo on two wheels: Why you should ...
However, if only the Earth's land area of 150,000,000 km 2 (58,000,000 sq mi) is taken into account, then human population density is 53/km 2 (140/sq mi). This includes all continental and island land area, including Antarctica. However, if Antarctica is excluded, then population density rises to over 58 per square kilometre (150/sq mi). [1]
Gaza’s population dropped by 6% – about 160,000 people – in 2024, according to a new report, as Israel’s war against Hamas took a heavy toll on the Palestinian enclave’s demographics.