Japan population drops at record pace in 2019 english.kyodonews.net

The number of people between the ages of 15 and 64 was 75.07 million and accounted for 59.5 percent of the total, the lowest percentage on record for the working-age population.
There were 35.89 million people aged 65 or older, accounting for 28.4 percent of the total and breaking the previous year's record high.
Of these, people aged 75 or older totaled 18.49 million, accounting for 14.7 percent, also an all-time high.
The population of those aged 14 or younger was 15.21 million, accounting for 12.1 percent of the total, a record low.
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