Declining population numbers, (県 and 府)
- Thread starter johnnyG
- Start date
- 26 Sep 2015
- 2,612
- 3,543
I find the figures hard to believe.
First, taking a rough average (and noting that the more populous prefectures have had smaller losses), you'd get a population loss of 5 to 10%, which is not borne out by other population statistics - the population in Japan is currently a couple of percent below its peak, which was somewhere around 2009.
Second, take a look at the figure for Akita. Assuming that some babies were born in Akita in the last ten years, then over a quarter of the population has died or moved out of the prefecture in the last 10 years. Even with a population as old as rural Japan you wouldn't expect a quarter of the population to die in 10 years, and if they have moved, where have they moved? All the other prefectures apart from Tokyo are showing population losses.
First, taking a rough average (and noting that the more populous prefectures have had smaller losses), you'd get a population loss of 5 to 10%, which is not borne out by other population statistics - the population in Japan is currently a couple of percent below its peak, which was somewhere around 2009.
Second, take a look at the figure for Akita. Assuming that some babies were born in Akita in the last ten years, then over a quarter of the population has died or moved out of the prefecture in the last 10 years. Even with a population as old as rural Japan you wouldn't expect a quarter of the population to die in 10 years, and if they have moved, where have they moved? All the other prefectures apart from Tokyo are showing population losses.
- 26 Sep 2015
- 2,612
- 3,543
Then the figures make a lot more sense!
