Although the total population of the world has now reached 7 billion there are some countries where the population is stagnant or even falling, including Japan.
The population in Japan has been declining gradually since 2004 but a recent report predicts that numbers will plummet in the next 50 years (see Figure 1). It estimates that the current population of about 128 million will reduce dramatically so that by 2060 it may be only 87 million, 30% smaller than today’s figure. Almost 40% of these people will be age 65 or older. The institute also predicts that if the decline continues, Japan will have a population of only 43 million in 100 years.
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