The table and chart provide information regarding population growth and the proportion of the population over 65 over a 100 year period in Japan.
According to the information .Japans general populations figures in 1950 were very different from those in 2005, and future predictions show even greater differences . In 1950 the number of prople the number of people was just over 84 million million, and only 4.9 percent (4.1 millon) o these people were aboe the age of 65. By 2005 the percentage of older people had risen considerably to 20 percent while the overall population had shown a parallel increase to nearly 128 million.
However total population figures peaked in 2005 and it is expected that the number of people living in Japan will fall substantially over the next 50 years to a little below 90 million. In spite of this fall, the rise in the ageing population will continue, and at a faster rate, so that by 2055, 41 percent (36.5 million) of japanese people will be over 65.
These statistics show two contrasting trends in Japans demographic that will result in fewer citizens, but greater numbers of elderly people.