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Japan: Population ages 65 and above

29.99percent · 2025+11.4% since 2015

Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Annual figures for Japan from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202529.994
202429.781
202329.562
202229.403
202129.217
202028.918
201928.629
201828.345
201727.978
201627.512
201526.923
201426.226
201325.412
201224.513
201123.653
201023.098
200922.762
200822.253
200721.627
200620.978
200520.282
200419.622
200319.095
200218.6
200118.034
200017.442
199916.869
199816.32
199715.765
199615.201
199514.66
199414.147
199313.645
199213.146
199112.643
199012.159
198911.709
198811.308
198710.959
198610.642
198510.351
198410.034
19839.76
19829.54
19819.303
19809.069
19798.838
19788.598
19778.359
19768.13
19757.921
19747.742
19737.57
19727.389
19717.199
19707.063
19696.954
19686.825
19676.687
19666.503
19656.33
19646.191
19636.065
19625.953
19615.847
19605.743

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Population ages 65 and above. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-ages-65-and-above (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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