Japan's population is ageing and shrinking at a rapid pace. Its population is expected to fall by a third by 2060.
Population breakdown by age and sex in 2010, 2014 versus projections for 2035 and 2060.
Japan is expected to experience negative population growth in the next few decades.
Note: For Total Fertility Rate and Replacement Fertility level, data from 1970 to 1972 does not include Okinawa Prefecture. For the 2010 population pyramid, 976,423 people are not reflected on the chart as their ages were not reported; total population for 2010 is 128.1 million.
Sources: Japan's National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS); Japan's Statistics Bureau; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; Reuters.