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According to the map of Edo illustrated in 1725, area for samurai occupied 66.4% of the total area of Edo (estimated population density: 13,988 /km 2 for 650,000 individuals), while areas for chōnin and temples-shrines occupied 12.5% (estimated chōnin population density: 68,807 /km 2 for 600,000 individuals) and 15.4% (estimated population ...
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.
The population of Japan at the time of the Meiji Restoration was estimated to be 34,985,000 on January 1, 1873, [1] while the official original family registries (本籍, honseki) and de facto (or present registries (現住, genjū)) populations on the same day were 33,300,644 and 33,416,939, respectively.
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.
Printable version; Page information; ... Historical population of Japan. Date: 15 February 2022: Source: Our World in Data: ... File history. Click on a date/time to ...
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
This is a timeline of Japanese history, comprising important legal, territorial and cultural changes and political events in Japan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Japan .
The increase in Japan's foreign population was the biggest year-on-year rise since the ministry started taking statistics in 2013. Foreign residents now account for about 2.4% of Japan’s ...