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The severity of the demographic crisis/ Japan lost 3 million inhabitants in 5 years

2026-05-29 21:10:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

The severity of the demographic crisis/ Japan lost 3 million inhabitants in 5

Japan's population has fallen by more than 3 million in the past five years, according to the country's official statistics, a decline that highlights the severity of the country's accelerating demographic crisis.

According to preliminary census results, the population is expected to reach 123 million in 2025, down from 126.1 million in 2020. This is the largest decline since the government began collecting census data in 1920.

Japan's population peaked in 2008 at 128 million and is projected to fall to 87 million by 2070. The country's population is now about the same as it was in 1989.

For decades, Japanese authorities have tried to compensate for a rapidly aging population by encouraging young people to have more children. However, this effort has not yielded the expected results, as a result of which Japan now has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. Specifically, for every new birth, two deaths are recorded.

As the New York Times comments, Japan is a harbinger of the demographic crises that will soon hit or are already hitting other developed countries. The country's shrinking population is already hurting Japan's economic growth, putting pressure on its healthcare system and causing labor shortages.

Census data shows that the demographic crisis has now reached almost every corner of Japan. All but two of the country's 47 prefectures reported a population decline in 2025, and the rate of decline is accelerating.

Among the hardest-hit areas were the northern prefectures of Akita and Aomori, where the population shrank by about 8% from 2020 to 2025. These areas are home to some of Japan's oldest residents, while young people have been leaving the country at a rapid pace, largely due to stagnant wages.





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