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Compared to the findings of July 1993 as well as in July 2000, the population density has greatly increased, from 50% of the population living on 2% of the land to 77%. However, as the years have progressed since the last recordings of the population, Japan's population has decreased, raising concern about the future of Japan.
July 17 – The Japan women's national football team defeats the United States women's national football team on penalties, after a 2-2 extra-time scoreline, to win the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. July 21 – Tatsuya Ichihashi is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Lindsay Hawker.
Japan has a population of nearly 124 million as of 2024, and is the eleventh-most populous country. Its capital and largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 38 million inhabitants as of 2016. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions.
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. Gnuplot
Population in the following table is given according to the de facto population concept for enumerating the people. Source: Extraordinary Census of Japan (as of October 1, 1947), Population Census of Japan (as of April 26, 1946, November 1, 1945 and February 22, 1944), Census of Japan (as of October 1 for the years of 1940, 1935, 1930, 1925 and ...
Labor force participation rate (15-64 age) in Japan, by sex [2] Gender wage gap in OECD [7]. Japan is now facing a shortage of labor caused by two major demographic problems: a shrinking population because of a low fertility rate, which was 1.4 per woman in 2009, [8] and replacement of the postwar generation which is the biggest population range [9] who are now around retirement age.
In 2014, Japan's population was estimated to be 127 million. This figure is expected to shrink to 107 million (by 16%) by 2040 and to 97 million (by 24%) by 2050 if this current demographic trend continues. [7] A recent global analysis found that Japan was one of 23 countries that could see a total population decline of 50% or more by 2100. [8]
As the Kantō region contains Tokyo, the capital and largest city of Japan, the region is considered the center of Japan's politics and economy. According to the official census on October 1, 2010, by the Statistics Bureau of Japan , the population was 42,607,376, [ 3 ] amounting to approximately one third of the total population of Japan.