Japan’s aged inhabitants grows to file 36.25 million

The inhabitants of individuals aged 65 and over in Japan was estimated at 36.25 million as of Sunday, up by 20,000 from a yr earlier and hitting a file excessive, the interior affairs ministry mentioned forward of Monday’s Respect for the Aged Day.

Such older adults accounted for 29.3% of the nation’s whole inhabitants, up by 0.2 proportion level and likewise a file excessive.

The inhabitants of these 65 and older included 15,72 million males, or 26.1% of the entire male inhabitants, and 20.53 million ladies, or 32.3% of the feminine inhabitants.

The proportion of individuals aged 65 and over has been growing for the reason that Nineteen Fifties. It is anticipated to achieve 34.8% in 2040, when the nation’s second child boomers, or these born between 1971 and 1974, may have joined that age group, in line with the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.

In 2023, the variety of staff aged 65 and over rose for the twentieth straight yr to a file 9.14 million. Of these, 1.32 million have been within the wholesale and retail sector, 1.07 million within the medical and welfare sector and 1.04 million within the service sector.

Of all staff aged 15 and over, these aged 65 and older accounted for 13.5%, down by 0.1 level.

Of the inhabitants aged 65 and over, 25.2% had a job, unchanged from the earlier yr.