One person in ten Japanese is 75 years old or more.

Only which the population of Japan becomes finally after the number etc. of the number of birth children, the number of deaths, and foreigner who furthermore does countries several of going in and out to Japan are calculated in the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications based on the census is estimated and has been opened to the public. 127.79 million people of the population of Japan as of one day November according to the outline announced this time. It becomes a calculation of which everyone of everyone from 127.77 million people as of October 1 last year 20,000 has increased. The population of 75 years old or more is 12.76 million people, and, similarly, 590,000 people will have increased compared with 12.17 million October 1 last year sooner or later.

Transition of population by age group and ratio

The population ratio changes at 65 years old or more and the ages or more of 75.

At that time in 1950, at the time of having started taking statistics would 1.3% of the population of 75 years old or more. However, it doubles almost with 2.5% in 1975. And, 4.8% in 1990, and it increases rapidly with 9.1% in 2005.

The ratio of young people keeps decreasing on the other hand, and the number also of layers of 15-64 years old (In the limit that sees the above-mentioned table) begins to decrease from 1995. This indicates aging has progressed further more.

There is a symptom that the population of Japan shows the decreasing tendency, and aging and the aspect are waited for and it becomes the cause of the decline of the national power.

The effect of the lack of policy of the effective method gradually becomes visible however surely little by little for not that time but several years by the unit of tens of years countermeasures to the falling birthrate and the population measures in a word. Anything doesn't have the hand because it doesn't see a gay then and there result, and the baton to the next generation cannot be passed.

The case etc. with advanced nations that have succeeded in the population measures are how much. It is likely to have to take a measure as soon as possible referring to the success case because it has wisdom only of knowing "Sign" by the statistical data like this.