Japan

According to closing figures from the 2025 nationwide census launched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the nation’s inhabitants continued to contract over the five-year interval.

The variety of international residents, nonetheless, rose to a file 3.84 million, a rise of 1.09 million from the 2020 census.

Japan’s inhabitants expanded quickly within the a long time following World War II. The inhabitants stood at about 72 million in 1945 earlier than rising to 84.11 million in 1950, reflecting the postwar child increase and the return of Japanese nationals from abroad territories and former battlefronts.

Growth continued throughout Japan’s interval of fast financial growth. The inhabitants reached 94.30 million in 1960 and surpassed 100 million throughout the Sixties, standing at 104.67 million by the 1970 census.

The complete climbed to 117.06 million in 1980 and 123.61 million in 1990. Growth slowed markedly as delivery charges declined, however the inhabitants nonetheless rose to 126.93 million in 2000 and 127.77 million in 2005.

Japan’s census inhabitants reached 128.06 million in 2010, the best determine recorded in a nationwide census. The pattern then reversed, with the inhabitants falling to 127.09 million in 2015 and 126.15 million in 2020.

The 2025 determine of 122.97 million means Japan has misplaced greater than 5 million individuals for the reason that 2010 census peak, underscoring the accelerating demographic shift brought on by a persistently low delivery charge and an ageing inhabitants.

At the identical time, the continued improve in international residents is changing into a extra important consider Japan’s demographic image. The international inhabitants reached 3.84 million in 2025, up 1.09 million from 5 years earlier and the best degree on file.

Source: テレ東BIZ