(01-30) 04:59 PST TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Japan's rapid aging means the national population of 128 million will shrink by one-third by 2060 and seniors will account for 40 percent of people, placing a greater burden on the...
Japan Population To Shrink By One-third By 2060
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Business
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 5:59am
Topics: asia japan population world population
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Its population also began to shrink in 2010. The number of babies born in the country last year was almost 30 percent less than in 1989. The decline is expected to worsen in the future.
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Population declines were also recorded in 1,416, or 82.4 percent, of Japan’s 1,719 municipalities. More than half of the municipalities saw their populations shrink by 5 percent or greater.
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