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Japan's population continues to age as number of children hits new low. The number of children in Japan has fallen to a new low, while the amount of people over 65 has reached a record high as the population ages and shrinks, the government said. The notable increase in the median age of the population, from 22.3 years old in. 1950 to 39.7 years old in 1995, is also indicative of the rapid demographic ageing that has taken place in. Japan. (b) Scenario I. The 1998 United Nations population projection assumes no net immigration to Japan from 1995. Projections by the Japanese government indicate that if the current trend continues, the population of Japan will decline from its current 127.5 million to 116.6 million in 2030, and 97 million in 2050. In 2014, a new record of population drop happened with 268,000 people. In 2013, more than 20 percent of the population are age 65 and over. The population ranking of Japan dropped from 7th to 8th in 1990, to 9th in 1998, and to 10th in the early 21st century. In 2015 it dropped further to 11th place, according to both the UN and PRB. fertility decline and the increase in life expectancy in Japan brought about an increase in the proportion of. the elderly. In 1995, the retired-age population (65 years old and over) represented 14.6 per cent of the. total population, as compared to only 4.9 per cent in 1950. As I noted, the population has dropped for three years in a row. Recently, the Japanese government announced that the population decrease for 2012 is expected to be 212,000—a new record—while the number of births is expected to have fallen by 18,000 to 1,033,000—also a record low. Japan's population continues to age as number of children hits new low. 1  Proportion of over-65s reaches all-time high at a quarter of country's 127 million people. 2  Proportion of over-65s reaches all-time high at a quarter of country's 127 million people. Japan's Demographic Disaster. Japan is faced with an unprecedented population challenge that will have social, economic, and political consequences for years to come. Last August, I wrote an article for The Diplomat that discussed some of the issues Japan is facing in relation to population decline. Japan's population is aging faster than any other nation. The population of those 65 years or older roughly doubled in 24 years, from 7.1% of the population in 1970 to 14.1% in 1994. The same increase took 61 years in Italy, 85 years in Sweden, and 115 years in France. Sunday 4 May 2014 13.32 EDT. The number of children in Japan has fallen to a new low, while the amount of people over 65 has reached a record high as the population ages and shrinks, the government said.
20 percent of the population are age 65 and over.