Japan Population

Population of Japan is not uniformly distributed within the country. The steep mountain and interior areas of Honshu and Hokkaido are sparsely populated. On the other hand Japan population density is very high in the coastal plains. With a population density of 13,000 persons per sq km, Tokyo is one of the most crowded urban cities of the world.

Japan population is known for its urbane character. The 70 percent of the total population of Japan belong to urban households. Even Tokyo is the biggest urban conglomerate of the world. Other cities like Yakohama, Kyoto and Ashikawa are major urban areas of the world. This high urbanization in Japan is attributed to the large scale industrialization and lack of land for agriculture in Japan.

Japan population is one of the world's slowest growing. People in Japan, at present are growing at a speed of 0.02 percent per annum. This led to the myth of Shrinking of Japanese society. This slow growth rate in the Japanese society is ascribed to low birthrates (9.4 births per 1,000 people as in 2006) and comparatively foreign immigration.

The standard rate of children per couple in Japan population is less than 1.5. The population of Japan is projected to start declining soon due to the decrease of net reproduction rate to below 1.0 for a decade. It means the number of aged is increasing and their place is not occupied by new born babies. Estimated to about 120 million in 2025, the population of Japan will decline to be about 100 million in 2050.

The section of the population of Japan between 0 and 14 years declined from 35.4 % in 1950 to 15.2% in 1998. On the other hand, people aged 65 or older augmented from 4.9% to 16.0% within the same time span.
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