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Table 1-1-3. Trends in Population of the Aged 65+ by Prefecture


(1975) (2000) (2025)
Whole Japan 7.9 17.3 27.4
Hokkaido 6.9 18.2 30.3
Aomori 7.5 19.5 31.0
Iwate 8.5 21.5 30.5
Miyagi 7.7 17.3 25.0
Akita 8.9 23.5 33.8
Yamagata 10.1 23.0 29.9
Fukusima 9.2 20.3 27.7
Ibaraki 8.4 16.6 25.9
Tochigi 8.3 17.2 26.4
Gunma 8.8 18.1 27.3
Saitama 5.3 12.8 24.2
Chiba 6.3 14.1 25.8
Tokyo 6.3 15.8 29.1
Kanagawa 5.3 13.8 25.5
Niigata 9.6 21.3 29.0
Toyama 9.5 20.8 30.3
Ishikawa 9.1 18.6 27.8
Fukui 10.1 20.4 28.7
Yamanashi 10.2 19.5 25.0
Nagano 10.7 21.4 27.0
Gifu 8.6 18.2 27.3
Shizuoka 7.9 17.7 28.5
Aichi 6.3 14.5 25.3
Mie 9.9 18.9 26.6
Shiga 9.3 16.1 22.8
Kyoto 9.0 17.4 27.5
Osaka 6.0 14.9 26.9
Hyogo 7.9 16.9 26.9
Nara 8.5 16.6 26.3
Wakayama 10.4 21.2 28.9
Tottori 11.1 22.0 29.6
Shimane 12.5 24.8 32.4
Okayama 10.7 20.2 28.2
Hiroshima 8.9 18.5 27.9
Yamaguchi 10.2 22.2 33.1
Tokushima 10.7 21.9 31.0
Kagawa 10.5 20.9 29.6
Ehime 10.4 21.4 31.4
Kochi 12.2 23.6 32.5
Fukushima 8.3 17.4 26.3
Saga 10.7 20.4 28.1
Nagasaki 9.5 20.8 31.2
Kumamoto 10.7 21.3 29.4
Oita 10.6 21.8 31.1
Miyazaki 9.5 20.7 30.3
Kagoshima 11.5 22.6 30.2
Okinawa 7.0 13.8 23.3
white Under 7%
lightblue 7% - 13%
blue 14% - 19%
orange 20% - 29%
red 30% and over

Source: Year 1975, 2000: Ministry of Management and Coordination, 'Population Census of Japan.' Year 2025: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, 'Population Projections for Prefecture,' Mar., 2002


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