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Age distribution in Japan from 1960 to 2025

Characteristic	0-14	15-64	65+
2025	11.2%	58.8%	30%
2024	11.4%	58.8%	29.8%
2023	11.6%	58.8%	29.6%
2022	11.9%	58.7%	29.4%
2021	12%	58.7%	29.2%
2020	12.2%	58.9%	28.9%
2019	12.4%	59%	28.6%
2018	12.5%	59.2%	28.3%
2017	12.6%	59.4%	28%
2016	12.7%	59.8%	27.5%
2015	12.8%	60.2%	26.9%
2014	13%	60.8%	26.2%
2013	13.1%	61.5%	25.4%
2012	13.2%	62.3%	24.5%
2011	13.3%	63.1%	23.7%
2010	13.4%	63.5%	23.1%
2009	13.5%	63.8%	22.8%
2008	13.5%	64.2%	22.3%
2007	13.6%	64.8%	21.6%
2006	13.7%	65.4%	21%
2005	13.8%	66%	20.3%
2004	13.8%	66.5%	19.6%
2003	13.9%	67%	19.1%
2002	14.1%	67.3%	18.6%
2001	14.2%	67.7%	18%
2000	14.4%	68.2%	17.4%
1999	14.6%	68.5%	16.9%
1998	14.8%	68.9%	16.3%
1997	15.1%	69.2%	15.8%
1996	15.3%	69.5%	15.2%
1995	15.6%	69.7%	14.7%
1994	16%	69.9%	14.1%
1993	16.4%	70%	13.6%
1992	16.9%	70%	13.1%
1991	17.4%	70%	12.6%
1990	18%	69.8%	12.2%
1989	18.8%	69.5%	11.7%
1988	19.5%	69.1%	11.3%
1987	20.3%	68.7%	11%
1986	21%	68.3%	10.6%
1985	21.7%	68%	10.4%
1984	22.2%	67.8%	10%
1983	22.6%	67.6%	9.8%
1982	23.1%	67.4%	9.5%
1981	23.3%	67.4%	9.3%
1980	23.4%	67.5%	9.1%
1979	23.7%	67.5%	8.8%
1978	23.8%	67.6%	8.6%
1977	23.9%	67.8%	8.4%
1976	23.9%	68%	8.1%
1975	23.8%	68.2%	7.9%
1974	23.8%	68.5%	7.7%
1973	23.6%	68.8%	7.6%
1972	23.4%	69.2%	7.4%
1971	23.3%	69.5%	7.2%
1970	23.3%	69.7%	7.1%
1969	23.4%	69.7%	7%
1968	23.5%	69.6%	6.8%
1967	23.8%	69.5%	6.7%
1966	24.4%	69.1%	6.5%
1965	25.1%	68.6%	6.3%
1964	25.8%	68%	6.2%
1963	26.8%	67.1%	6.1%
1962	28%	66.1%	6%
1961	29.1%	65%	5.8%
1960	29.8%	64.4%	5.7%

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July 2026

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Japan

Survey time period

1960 to 2024

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Over the last decade, Japan’s population has aged more and more, to the point where 30 percent of people in Japan were 65 years and older. Population growth has stopped and even reversed, since it’s been in the red for several years now.

It’s getting old

With almost 30 percent of its population being elderly inhabitants, Japan is considered the “oldest” country in the world today. Japan boasts a high life expectancy, in fact, the Japanese tend to live longer than the average human worldwide. The increase of the aging population is accompanied by a decrease of the total population caused by a sinking birth rate. Japan’s fertility rate has been below the replacement rate for many decades now, mostly due to economic uncertainty and thus a decreasing number of marriages.

Are the Japanese invincible?

There is no real mystery surrounding the ripe old age of so many Japanese. Their high average age is very likely due to high healthcare standards, nutrition, and an overall high standard of living – all of which could be adopted by other industrial nations as well. But with high age comes less capacity, and Japan’s future enemy might not be an early death, but rather a struggling social network.