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In 2014, 26% of Japan's population was estimated to be 65 years or older, [29] and the Health and Welfare Ministry has estimated that over-65s will account for 40% of the population by 2060. [33] The demographic shift in Japan's age profile has triggered concerns about the nation's economic future and the viability of its welfare state.
Japan had a post-war baby boom between 1947 and 1949, followed by a prolonged period of low fertility. [5] These trends resulted in the decline of Japan's population after reaching a peak of 128.1 million in October 2008. [6] In 2014, Japan's population was estimated to be 127 million.
The population growth rate estimates (according to the United Nations Population Prospects 2019) between 2015 and 2020 [1] ... Japan *-0.41: 2023-0.5: 0.03-0.09
A couple poses for a wedding photograph near blossoming cherry trees in the Yonomori area of Fukushima, Japan, on April 2, 2023. - Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
Japan's population declined in all of its 47 prefectures for the first time in a record drop, while its number of foreign residents hit a new high, reaching almost 3 million people, according to ...
The U.N.’s previous population assessment, released in 2022, suggested that humanity could grow to 10.4 billion people by the late 2000s, but lower birth rates in some of the world’s largest ...
Japan's population was 124.9 million as of Jan. 1. Japan’s total population marked the 15th straight year of decline, according to government data released Wednesday, dropping by more than a ...
Historical data: Statistics Bureau of Japan, Population by Sex, Population Increase and Population Density . Projection data: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Population Projections for Japan: 2006-2055, December 2006 . The Japanese Journal of Population, Vol.6, No.1 (March 2008) pp. 76-114.