Japan's population fell to a record low in 2024 following a steep decline in the birth rate, according to government data The decline in japan’s population has been raising alarm bells for years, amid concerns over how a shrinking workforce will impact the country’s economy and could even threaten national security. Japan's population had declined by 0.8 percent from the time of the 2012 census, the first time it had declined since the 1945 census
[4] since 2010, japan has experienced net population loss due to falling birth rates and minimal immigration, despite having one of the highest life expectancies in the world, at 85.00 years in. [6] in 2014, japan's population was estimated to be 127 million. Population decline, also known as depopulation, is a reduction in a human population size
[5] these trends resulted in the decline of japan's population after reaching a peak of 128.1 million in october 2008
