Japan's Population Falls for the 13th Straight Year
The population of Japanese nationals fell by 837,000 to 121,193,000 last year, which was the largest annual drop since this data started being kept by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The government has been struggling with the country's declining birthrate and rapidly aging society.
In addition, the government forecasts single-person households to account for 44.3 percent of the 52.61 million households in Japan by 2050, with half of that being people age 65 or older. The average number of people living in a household was 2.21 in 2020 and is projected to fall to 1.99 in 2033 and 1.92 in 2050. National and local governments need to enhance support for elderly people in areas including nursing care.
The foreign national population rose 243,000 to about 3.16 million in the last year. Foreign workers and student who had been Japan for at least 90 were counted in the overal population number.
Of the 47 prefectures, only Tokyo saw a rise in population.
3 comments:
That is interesting, I read somewhere recently about Australians who had bought houses in Japan as it was cheaper than here!
I feel that Japanese government is not seriously addressing the problem of population decline, which has been considered an issue for a long time. They are throwing money around to fight the declining birthrata and seem desperate to make a good impression during elections.
I feel sorry for all these older people living alone, I hope they don't feel lonely.
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