Japan’s population will fall to 88m by 2065 and plummet to only 51m by 2115, according to forecasts that lay bare the severity of the country’s demographic time-bomb.
The projected figures signal a decline of 31 per cent and 60 per cent respectively from today’s population of 127m, said the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, which updates its official numbers every five years.
The figures show the decline is set to transform Japan unless Tokyo opts for large-scale immigration, after decades of low birth rates since the 1960s.
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