World People aged 80 and over top 10% of Japan's population for 1st time

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People aged 80 and over topped 10 percent of Japan's population for the first time, government data showed Sunday, as the country with the world's highest proportion of elderly people continues to grapple with a rapidly aging society.

The number of people in the age bracket swelled by 270,000 from the previous year to 10.1 percent of Japan's total population of around 124.6 million, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said ahead of Monday's Respect for the Aged Day.

In another record, those aged 65 and older, defined as the elderly in Japan, accounted for 29.1 percent of the total population at 36.23 million, meaning the country continues to have the largest proportion of this age group worldwide, the data showed as of Friday.

Italy and Finland rank second and third, with those aged 65 and over accounting for 24.5 percent and 23.6 percent of their respective populations.

People aged 80 and over top 10% of Japan's population for 1st time

People aged 80 and over have topped 10 percent of Japan's population for the first time, government data show, as the country with the world's highest proportion of elderly people continues to grapple with a rapidly aging society.

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Ten years ago, Japan predicted when the elderly population would peak and called it the 2025 problem. It is still 2023. There are still two years until the peak.

It's still wild to think that it's not at its peak yet.