I found some interesting program about population in Japan. Very tragic show. They went back to world war 2, then mentioned that population went up after the war, they reached 100 million in 1966 and kept growing … but only until 2008. They explained it that they reached some maximum for their population and society, people have moved to towns away from villages. And according to their official estimates it will keep going down.
| Year | Population in Japan |
| 1950 | 84,353,049 |
| 1960 | 94,464,839 |
| 1970 | 105,416,839 |
| 1980 | 117,624,196 |
| 1990 | 123,686,321 |
| 2000 | 126,803,861 |
| 2005 | 127,798,373 |
| 2006 | 127,902,167 |
| 2007 | 128,006,426 |
| 2008 | 128,077,633 |
| 2009 | 128,117,042 |
| 2010 | 128,105,431 |
| 2015 | 127,250,933 |
| 2020 | 125,244,761 |
| 2024 | 122,631,432 |
I have placed their numbers to spreadsheet and it is not looking good. They should be around 106 million in 2050 … but according to the official estimates, they will be around or under 100 million in 2050 and 74 million in 2100.
| 2050 | 103,700,000 | official estimate |
| 2100 | 73,644,000 | official estimate |
They talked about many reasons – such as they do not have enough children, population is very old with 30% of people being 65 or older now, lack of immigration, very technical job opportunities.
I know nothing about this, but it felt like we will hear a lot about Japan in the next few years. I am guessing that other countries too, say China, Korea? These are just numbers, but they are almost scary. If USA went from current 340 million to 2050 with the same rate of population decline, we would then be at 296 million.
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