4.4 million of the elderly one person households in the country.
In 2020, around 6.7 million households in Japan were elderly one-person households with the member being 65 years of age or older. The Japanese archipelago is facing an increasingly aging society paired with a lower number of marriages, which affected in particular the female population in 2015, which made up around Number of private one-person households with elderly members in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions)
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 21, 2022). Number of private one-person households with elderly members in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/642764/japan-senior-one-person-household-number/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of private one-person households with elderly members in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions)." Chart. September 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/642764/japan-senior-one-person-household-number/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2022). Number of private one-person households with elderly members in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/642764/japan-senior-one-person-household-number/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of Private One-person Households with Elderly Members in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/642764/japan-senior-one-person-household-number/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Number of private one-person households with elderly members in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/642764/japan-senior-one-person-household-number/ (last visited September 27, 2023)
Number of private one-person households with elderly members in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/642764/japan-senior-one-person-household-number/