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2025-09-14 20:45:11
The latest statistics released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan on the 14th show that there are currently 36.19 million elderly people in Japan aged 65 and above, accounting for 29.4% of the country's total population, a record high. Although it has decreased by 50,000 people compared with last year, the proportion has increased by 0.1 percentage points. Among the 38 countries with a population of more than 40 million in the world, Japan has the highest proportion of elderly people; by gender, there are 15.68 million males and 20.51 million females aged 65 and above. By age group, there are 29.01 million people aged 70 and above, 21.24 million people aged 75 and above, and 12.89 million people aged 80 and above. An increase over the previous year; in 2024, the number of employed elderly people aged 65 and above in Japan will reach 9.3 million, an increase of 160,000 over the previous year, breaking the record for 21 consecutive years. The proportion of employed people aged 65 and above in the total employed population will be 13.7%, also a record high. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that due to factors such as shortage of manpower and postponement of retirement age, the number of employed elderly people is expected to continue to grow in the future; in recent years, the degree of aging and low birth rate in Japan has become increasingly serious. According to the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research of Japan, the proportion of elderly people aged 65 and above in Japan may reach 37.1% by 2050.
