# Japan’s estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight year to a record low. Children make up just 11.1-percent of Japan’s total population, which stood at 123.4-million last year. The demographic crisis has become one of Japan’s most pressing issues, with its birth rate continually declining. Japan is a “super-aged” nation, meaning more than 20-percent of its population is older than 65. The country’s total population by 2065 is expected to have dropped to about 88-million.
Children aged 14 or younger now less than 12% of Japan’s population