Japan

Population growth

Population growth captures demographic momentum. It affects potential output, housing demand, fiscal pressure, and long-run labor-force capacity.

Population growth - Japan

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The reading right now

As of January 2024, Population growth for Japan stood at -0.44%. That is up 0.05 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged -0.38%, ranging from a low of -0.49% in January 2023 to a high of -0.14% in January 2019. The current reading sits 0.18 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of -0.25%.

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