日本人口６５歳以上佔四分之一

Recently the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

６５歳以上、４人に１人…最多の３１８６万人

　総務省は１６日の「敬老の日」に合わせて日本の高齢者人口の推計（９月１５日現在）を発表した。

　６５歳以上の高齢者が総人口に占める割合は２５．０％（前年比０．９ポイント増）となり、総人口の４人に１人が高齢者となった。

　高齢者人口は前年比１１２万人増の３１８６万人で、最高を更新した。

　同省は「『団塊の世代』が６５歳に達し始めたことが要因」と分析している。

　６５歳以上の男女別人口は、男性１３６９万人、女性１８１８万人で、総人口に占める男女別の割合は、男性が２２．１％、女性が２７．８％となった。

　年代別でも、８０歳以上が前年比３８万人増の９３０万人で、９００万人を突破した。７０歳以上は、６１万人増の２３１７万人、７５歳以上は４３万人増の１５６０万人だった。

（2013年9月16日09時19分  読売新聞）

 (試譯文)

On the 16^th in accordance with the "Respect for the Aged Day" the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced the estimation (as of September 15) on the elderly population in Japan.

In the overall population, the ratio of the elderly people aged 65 and above accounted for 25.0% (an increase of 0.9 point compared with last year); overall one in four became an elderly.

Compared with last year, the elderly population had an increase of 1,120,000 people to become 31,860,000 people, updating the highest figure so far.

The said ministry analyzed that "It is a factor that "baby-boomers" began to reach 65 years old".

In the overall population aged 65 and above, in ratio broken down according to sex, the population was 13,690,000 men and 18,180,000 women, in that the man was 22.1%, the woman was 27.8%.

As for the age exception, those aged 80 and over broke through 9 million people to become 9,300,000; it was an increase of 380,000 people compared with last year. Aged 70 and over were 23,170,000 people, an increase of 610,000; aged 75 and over were 15,600,000 people, an increase of 430,000.

Like mainland China, Japan is having an aging population. Probably, government spending on both social welfare and medical welfare for the aged would increase.