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Current Population Estimates as of October 1, 2011

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Population Pyramid

[Total Population]

The total population was 127,799 thousand, and decreased by 259 thousand compared with the previous year. The rate of decrease was 0.20 percent.
The male population was 62,184 thousand, a decrease of 144 thousand (0.23 percent), while the female population was 65,615 thousand, a decrease of 115 thousand (0.17 percent).
The natural change of the male population decreased for seven years, and that of the female population decreased for three years.
The migration change of Japanese population decreased, and that of foreign population decreased for three years with the record-high rate.

Table 1 Composition of Population (as of October 1, 2011)

Figure 1 Number and Rate of Population change

[Population by Age Group]

The population aged 0 to 14 (child population) was 16,705 thousand (13.1 percent of the total population).
The population aged 15 to 64 (productive-age population) was 81,342 thousand (63.6 percent of the total population).
The population aged 65 and over (aged population) was 29,752 thousand (23.3 percent of the total population).

[Population]

The top five prefectures in population were Tokyo-to, Kanagawa-ken, Osaka-fu, Aichi-ken and Saitama-ken. These prefectures account for 35.7 percent of the total population.
Tokyo-to had the largest population in 2011 (10.3 percent of the total population).

[Rates of Population Change]

The population increased in 7 prefectures. Okinawa-ken had the highest rate of increase in population.
The population decreased in 40 prefectures. Fukushima-ken had the highest rate of decrease in population.

Table 2 Population for Prefectures/Table 3 Rates of Population Change for Prefectures

Figure 2 Rates of Population Change

[Population by Age Group]

The percentage of the child population was the highest in Okinawa-ken and lowest in Akita-ken and Tokyo-to.
The percentage of the productive-age population was the highest in Tokyo-to and lowest in Shimane-ken.
The percentage of the aged population was the highest in Akita-ken and lowest in Okinawa-ken.
The percentage of the aged population exceeded that of the child population in all prefectures except for Okinawa-ken.

Reference Table Percentage of Population by Age (3 Groups) for Prefectures