Japan's Population Continues to Decline

It seems that Japan's population continues to shrink due to the number of women able to have children and the number of elderly deaths. This from the Japan Times:

"The population dynamics estimate of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry indicates that Japan's population decline is accelerating. The report, based on birth and death registers submitted from January 2009 to October 2009, estimates the number of births in Japan in that year at 1,069,000, or 22,000 less than in 2008, and the number of deaths in 2009 at 1,144,000, or 2,000 more than in 2008. The death figure is the highest since 1947 and represents the ninth straight yearly increase."Click here for more from the Japan Times.Information:

• Population over the years
• Japan's Statistics Bureau

[ad#468x60-ad]The Effect of HIV/AIDS on Japanese population:"The Japan population decrease since 2005. In particular, the working population has begun to decrease in 1995. In our former study, the death toll of the three major causes of deaths in Japan was estimated until in 2060. These three major causes of deaths are malignant neoplasms, heart diseases and cerebro-vascular diseases. These have more influences on a senior population. However, an effect of HIV is greater on the working population than senior population. In present Japan, influence from HIV carrier / AIDS to give total population is small. However, the reported number increases every year, and it is considered that the influence will grow in the future. We estimate an effect of HIV on Japanese population. In these calculations of the simulated population, the total fertility rate is used 1.29, therefore the Japanese population decreases simply." SourceRelated articles on population decrease in Japan:

• Abortion and the Pill in Japan
• Abortion and Birth Control in Japan
• Local Groups Battling the Rise of HIV in Japan
• 10,000 HIV Carriers Confirmed in Japan
• Suicide in Japan

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