The chart provides information about the number of people in Japan from past to future. The table illustrate the data about the over-65s population in 4 years.
Overall, it is clearly seen that there is an increasing trend in population throughout 1950 to 2005, and then level off in 2015.It has a peak in 2005 with 127,8 millions of people. Another point is that the proportion of the age of 65 or over have increased sharply.
In 1950, the number of japanese people began at 84,1 millions and went up to 121 millions in 1985. Àfterwwards, this is upward trend to 127,8 millions in 2005. In after years, the population in Japan level off until 2015. It is predicted that the Japanses population will significantly decrease to 89,9 in 2055.
On the other hand, the numer of old people who is 65 or over was 4,1 millions and accounted for 4,9% of total population in 1950. This is expected to increase rapidly in the future. In 2035, the proportion wil be 37,2 millions and 34% before ending at 36,5 millions and sharing 41% of total population