as of September this year, the population of Japan over 100 years was 95,119 people.
Such statistics are given by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Support of Japan.
The population is growing over 100 years in a row, the department noted.
The number of “living centuries” in the country for the first time in the history of the country exceeded 95 thousand people. When compared with data for 2023, then the number of Japanese over 100 years increased by 2,980 people.
among people over 100 years old 83 958 – women and 11 161 – men.
“We will strive to expand social security services, including medical care and care for patients so that older people can continue to live comfortably in their communities,” said the representative of the Japanese department.
In Japan, the statistics of the number of “persons whose life expectancy exceeds a hundred years” were first started in 1963.
The population of Japan, known as the country of centenarians, is about 125 million people.
The oldest living people, 116-year-old results Tomiko, also lives in Japan.