Japan sees record drop in population in 2024 {0.75%or nearly a million less people}

Deutsche Weil ^ | 7th August 2025 | Felix Tamsut

[Cronos]

The population of Japan shrank by 0.75% in 2024, marking a record high since records began in 1968, according to official data.

The decline amounted to 908,574 people, the largest population drop since records began in 1968.

This is the 16th straight year in which the Japanese population has shrunk, reducing it to 120.65 million people down from a peak of 126.6 million in 2009, according to the Internal Affairs Ministry.

Japanese nationals aged 65 or over made up 30% of the country's population, while 60% of Japanese nationals were between 15 and 64.

Although many more economically developed countries have aging populations, Japan has the second-oldest, after the tiny state of Monaco, according to the World Bank.

Japan also saw births fall below 700,000 for the first time on record, according to Health Ministry data released back in June.

Some 686,061 newborns were recorded in 2024, the lowest number since records began in 1899.

...Tokyo is the most populous city in Japan with 14 million residents. The population has continued to grow in the capital city and Chiba Prefecture.

The number of foreign nationals in Japan, however, was 3.67 million people as of January 1, 2025, making it the highest number since records began in 2013

..., a new anti-immigration party has been appealing to voters by placing the blame for Japan's economic problems on foreigners living in the country.

[Bon of Babble]

Pro-immigration activist in the UN and other "refugee" programs are pressuring Japan hard to take in its "fair share" of 3rd world refugees - telling them that they need 3rd world migrants to prop up retirement systems and take care of the old people.

Hopefully, Japan stands strong and doesn't buy it..

2017: UN badgers Japan again: Take more refugees!

Human Rights Watch badgers Japan to take refugees….

https://refugeeresettlementwatch.org/2017/11/21/un-badgers-japan-again-take-more-refugees/

[In_Iowa_not_from]

Population of Japan in the 1940s was about 75 million. That’s more than enough people. Population decline would mean the average Japanese family could have a living space larger than a single car garage.

[Cronos]

I’m not sure about that.

Population of Japan
In 1800 30 million

In 1900 45 million

In 2000 127 million.

They were at 30 million for a long time. Even if they drop to 60 million that’s still enough to survive.

Look at Parsis or Mandaens, they number less than 100,000 each and yet survive as distinctive nations

[mairdie]

On the other hand, the aging population is stimulating great advances in robotics research.