In 2020, one-person households accounted for around 38 percent of the total number of private households in Japan. While nuclear-family households make up more than 54 percent of the private households in Japan, the number of one-person households has been increasing consistently as the number of members per household had been on a gradual decline.
Share of one-person households in Japan from 2000 to 2020
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Statistics on Demographics of Japan
Overview
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Age structure
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- Premium Statistic Population Japan 2000-2030, by age group
- Premium Statistic Projection of female population Japan 2022-2115 by age group
- Premium Statistic Projection of male population Japan 2022-2115 by age group
- Premium Statistic Percentage of population aged 65 years and older Japan 1960-2021
- Premium Statistic Life expectancy at birth in total and by gender Japan 2001-2020
Fertility and mortality
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- Premium Statistic Number of live births Japan 2012-2021
- Basic Statistic Fertility rate in Japan 2010-2020
- Premium Statistic Mean age of childbearing Japan 1950-2030
- Premium Statistic Number of deaths Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Death rate in Japan 2010-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants Japan 2020, by cause of death
Marriages and divorces
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Private households
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- Premium Statistic Number of private households Japan 1970-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of private households Japan 2020 by size
- Premium Statistic Breakdown of private households Japan 2000-2020 by type
- Premium Statistic Number of households with seniors Japan 1980-2020
- Premium Statistic Average number of members per private household Japan 1970-2021
Income and expenditure
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- Premium Statistic Labor force Japan 1973-2022
- Premium Statistic Employment rate Japan 1973-2022
- Premium Statistic Average wages per month among full-time workers Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Average savings and liabilities of two-person households Japan 2005-2021
- Premium Statistic Monthly consumption spending per household Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Monthly consumption spending per household Japan 2021, by category
Migration
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- Premium Statistic Number of foreign nationals Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of foreign nationals Japan 1984-2021, by nationality
- Premium Statistic Foreign residents share Japan 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of accepted refugees Japan 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Countries with the highest number of Japanese residents 2021
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 21, 2022). Share of one-person households in Japan from 2000 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 07, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/606243/japan-one-person-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Share of one-person households in Japan from 2000 to 2020." Chart. September 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/606243/japan-one-person-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2022). Share of one-person households in Japan from 2000 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/606243/japan-one-person-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Share of One-person Households in Japan from 2000 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/606243/japan-one-person-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Share of one-person households in Japan from 2000 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/606243/japan-one-person-households/ (last visited February 07, 2023)
Share of one-person households in Japan from 2000 to 2020 [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/606243/japan-one-person-households/