Changing demographics are affecting nearly every part of society, while efforts to turn around the decline have so far had little impact
I mean… If the old people are gone… There is more place for change.
The old people are not gone. Japan is the society with the oldest average age. One in three people there are over 65.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/09/elderly-oldest-population-world-japan/
The average age isn’t getting any younger, since there are less and less births to replace the dead.
And at this rate Japan will be a young country around 2080. You are correct, just a bit early.
Ummmmmm. So yeah I have not clicked to read the article but im like pretty sure tokyo is in the millions. I have not done a search for it yet but im like sure on the level that its in millions that its hard to bother putting it into a search engine. I mean its bigger than chicago. EDITED - read the article and LOL I read it as drops to 800k not drops by 800k. Its really funny if your in my head right now.
Maybe they should try working their young workforce more hours? That’ll surely get them to have kids