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In 2024, the total population in Japan slightly decreased to just below *** million people compared to the previous year, with the female population reaching around **** million, as compared to **** million men.

The oldest population in the world 

Japanese society is facing severe demographic problems such as decreasing birthrates, remaining under *** million births annually recently, and a thereby aging population. The country’s average age lies at around ** years, making its population the oldest in the world. Elderly people aged 65 years and older accounted for about ** percent of the population in 2024. According to a forecast, this age group would make up approximately ** percent of the Japanese population by 2070.

Challenges with the demographic shift

The rapid aging of the society poses significant economic and sociopolitical challenges to the country, as the workforce will continue to shrink while increasingly more elderly will receive long-term support. Currently, around million Japanese require long-term care, leading to national benefit expenses of over ** trillion yen annually, including in-home and community-based services.