The chart and table below give information about population figures in Japan. Japan’s population: past, present and future trends.

Both data provide information about Japan’s

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figures from 1950, the current time, and its projection till 2055.

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, the

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of Japan had a stable increase from 1950 to 2005 and it is predicted to decrease for the next half-decade.

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, its older citizens have almost similar trends but experience a slightly different change in their proportion as they have risen in percentage and will continue rising from 1950 to 2055. Based on the chart provided, the

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of Japan rose steadily for just over a decade (1950-2005) as it started from 84.1

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people and

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reached 127.8

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citizens. Since

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it experienced a slight decrease for the next five years for about 2

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of its people. Surprisingly, it is predicted to have a dramatic fall in 2055 which only has just slightly below 90

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inhabitants.

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, the table as another data for their citizens who are over 65 years old shows its

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its proportion. It is clearly illustrated that these Japanese had only 4.1

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elders (4.9%) in 1950 which increased significantly for the next 55 years as it rose for approximately 21

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of them or about 15%.

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, it is projected to have another rise for the next three decades (14%) before it falls by almost a

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of the

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in 2055.

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,

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it will have a decrease in its inhabitants, the percentage will keep rising for just below a tenth.