Japanese Population Declines Again, Urban Areas Growing

[bill937ca]

For the seventh straight year the Japanese population declined as deaths outnumbered births.  The decline in 2015 was the largest ever.  

 

Those 65 and over account for 26.59% of the population.

 

The urban areas of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka hold 51.23% of the entire population of Japan.  Previous figures I have seen put the urban population at 94.5%

 

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201607140044.html

Edited July 14, 2016 by bill937ca

[bikkuri bahn]

I see that Hokkaido bleeded the most in population. If I was stuck anywhere outside of Sapporo, I would move out too. Sapporo itself, by the way, is still gaining population, albeit in small amounts.