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Results of the First Basic Complete Tabulation of
the 1995 Population Census
Population of Japan
According to the 1995 Population Census taken as
of 1 October 1995, the final count of the population
of Japan turned out to be 125,570,246, which was an
increase by 1,959,079 or 1.6“ compared with 1990.
The rate of population increase has been decreasing
since 1980, and the increase rate of 1990-95 was the
lowest since the end of World War II. Saitama
prefecture marked the highest rate (5.5“), followed
by Shiga prefecture (5.3“), Chiba prefecture (4.4“),
Okinawa prefecture (4.2“), Nara prefecture (4.0“).
17 prefectures showed increase rates above the average
rate for the whole country.
A decrease in population was seen in 13 prefectures,
of which, Shimane prefecture and Nagasaki prefecture
marked the highest rate of population decrease (1.2
“ for both).
The male population was 61,574,398, which was
2,421,450 less than the female population, 63,995,848.
Population by Three Age Groups
The percentage of the population aged under 15 years
was 15.9“, while that of 15 to 64 years was 69.4“
and that of 65 years and over 14.5“.
In 22 prefectures, the aged population exceeded the
population under 15 years.
The percentage of the aged population in the
prefecture's total exceeded 20“ in Shimane prefecture
(21.7“) and Kochi prefecture (20.6“).
In all prefectures, the percentage of the aged
population increased, while that of the population
under 15 years decreased.
Population by Marital Status
The percentage of the never married population was
32.1“ for male and 24.0“ for female, both of which
were higher than those for 1990.
The percentage of the never married for the age
group of 25 to 29 years was the highest ever since
the first Population Census of 1920, both for male
(66.9“) and for female (48.0“). Tokyo marked the
highest both for male (75.8“) and for female (59.4“).
Household Structure
The number of private households was 43,899,923,
7.9“ more than that for 1990.
The average size of private households was 2.82
persons, showing a decreasing trend.
The number of one-person households was 11,239,389,
19.7“ more than that for 1990.
The percentage of one-person households in the
prefecture's total population was the highest for Tokyo
(16.0“), followed by Hokkaido prefecture, Kanagawa
prefecture, Kyoto prefecture and Kagoshima prefecture
(10.6“ for all), etc.
The number of households comprising only one person
aged 65 years and over was 2,202,160, 35.6“ more than
that for 1990, accounting for 12.1“ in the aged
population. Among them, male was 460,159, accounting
for 6.1“ of the male aged population, while female was
1,742,001 or 16.2“ of the female aged population.
For the percentage of one-person households in the
aged population of the prefecture, Kagoshima prefecture
marked the highest (21.5“), followed by Osaka
prefecture (17.5“), Tokyo (17.3“), Kochi prefecture
(17.2“), Miyazaki prefecture (15.5“), etc.
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Table 1 Principal figures for the whole country : 1990 and 1995
Table 2 Population by age (single year) and sex : 1995 |
