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  2. Demographic dividend - Wikipedia

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    Demographic dividend. Demographic dividend, as defined by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is "the economic growth potential that can result from shifts in a population’s age structure, mainly when the share of the working-age population (15 to 64) is larger than the non-working-age share of the population (14 and younger, and 65 ...

  3. Demographics of Japan - Wikipedia

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    126,226,568. −0.7%. Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions. As of 2017, Japan was the world's eleventh-most populous country. The total population had declined by 0.8 percent from the time of the census five years previously, the first time it had declined since the 1945 census.

  4. Demographic transition - Wikipedia

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    Demographic transition. In demography, demographic transition is a phenomenon and theory which refers to the historical shift from high birth rates and high death rates in societies with minimal technology, education (especially of women) and economic development, to low birth rates and low death rates in societies with advanced technology ...

  5. Demographic history of Japan before the Meiji Restoration

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    Meiji government tried to unify the registered system of Shūmon Ninbetsu Aratame Chō in consonant with that of each other among domains and prefectures into a single registered system of koseki. However population were still surveyed by domains until the Abolition of the han system in 1871. The total population of Japan on July 28, 1870 ...

  6. Largest cities in Japan by population by decade - Wikipedia

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    1. 1. Tokyo. Tokyo. 595,905. Formerly known as Edo, whose population is estimated to be over a million under the Tokugawa, but after the Meiji Restoration, roughly half the city's population emigrated. Nevertheless, Tokyo retained its position as Japan's largest city, which it had held since the mid 17th century. 2.

  7. Immigration to Japan - Wikipedia

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    Being a country with a total estimated population of 125.57 million in 2020, [2] the resident foreign population in Japan amounts to approximately 2.29% of the total population. 2022-23 has seen rising immigration after policy changes seemingly in reaction to labour shortages, particularly in retail and hospitality industries.

  8. Labor market of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Labor force of Japan, current and future Unemployment rate of Japan. The labor force in Japan numbered 65.9 million people in 2010, which was 59.6% of the population of 15 years old and older, and amongst them, 62.57 million people were employed, whereas 3.34 million people were unemployed which made the unemployment rate 5.1%.

  9. Standard of living in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Average intake per day was 2,084 calories and 77.9 grams of protein in the late 1980s. Of total protein intake, 26.5% came from cereals (including 18.4% from rice), 9.6% from pulses, 23.1% from fish, 14.8% from livestock products, 11% from eggs and milk, and 15% from other sources.