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Despite the decreasing number of inhabitants, the population density in Japan remains to be one of the highest in Asia. The population is highly concentrated in metropolitan areas, most notably Tokyo, which is one of the world’s most populated cities, as well as Osaka and Nagoya. While many rural areas face depopulation tendencies, land prices in the three large metropolitan areas have been increasing again since the mid-2010s.
Aging population
Japan’s population currently is not only shrinking, but it is also one of the fastest aging populations in the world. At the same time, it has one of the highest life expectancies. The cohort of people aged 65 years and older consisted of around 36.5 million people in 2022 and was estimated to make up over 38 percent of the population by 2070. As a consequence of those demographic changes, the Japanese economy today faces severe labor shortages, as is exemplified by a comparably low unemployment rate.
Until recently, the workforce in Japan was shrinking rapidly, putting pressure on the social security system. But continued employment of the elderly and the growing integration of women into the labor market have kept the labor force relatively stable and even led to a slight increase in recent years.
Migration
The population in Japan appears largely hom*ogenous compared to many other countries around the world. Yamato people - a term used since the 19th century for the ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago to distinguish them from minority groups, such as Ainu, Ryukyuans, or Koreans and Taiwanese who had settled in peripheral areas of Japan - make up the overwhelming majority of the population. However, the number of foreign residents living in Japan was growing until the coronavirus struck in 2020 and has resumed its upward trajectory in 2022. As this group consists of the largest part of younger people, it has been anticipated to have a positive effect on the Japan's size of the workforce.
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Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 9, 2024
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