Changes in Number of University/College Teachers and Officials in Japan, 1949-2014

Some people say, Japan has been founding new universities/colleges year by year in order to create new jobs for postdoctoral persons.

According to a survey conducted by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the number of college teachers are increasing, like the below. But most of them are part-time teachers. 

18 years-old population is decreasing and continues to decrease for decades. Therefore some universities/colleges may close. This situation is very dangerous for teachers of universities/colleges.

Figure 1 : Changes in Number of University/College Full-time Teachers in Japan, 1949-2014

• National = National Universities
• Municipal = Municipal Universities
• Private = Private Universities

Figure 2 : Changes in Number of University/College Part-time Teachers in Japan, 1949-2014

Figure 3 : Changes in Number of University/College Officials in Japan, 1950-2014

Table 1 : Changes in Number of University/College Full-time Teachers in Japan, 1949-2014

	Total	National	Municipal	Private	Men	Women
1949	7,437	2,178	796	4,463	6,884	553
1950	11,534	5,492	1,083	4,959	10,885	649
1951	17,475	10,233	1,935	5,307	16,438	1,037
1952	23,123	11,899	3,082	8,142	21,731	1,392
1953	32,819	21,009	3,654	8,156	31,236	1,583
1954	36,489	22,442	4,175	9,872	34,584	1,905
1955	38,010	22,680	4,417	10,913	36,031	1,979
1956	39,289	23,377	4,277	11,635	37,200	2,089
1957	40,444	23,546	4,360	12,538	38,223	2,221
1958	41,481	23,886	4,382	13,213	39,155	2,326
1959	42,775	24,100	4,509	14,166	40,242	2,533
1960	44,434	24,410	4,725	15,299	41,741	2,693
1961	45,471	24,954	4,737	15,780	42,545	2,926
1962	47,850	25,964	4,833	17,053	44,647	3,203
1963	50,911	27,251	4,981	18,679	47,262	3,649
1964	54,408	28,525	5,015	20,868	50,324	4,084
1965	57,445	29,828	5,089	22,528	53,212	4,233
1966	62,642	31,523	5,075	26,044	57,708	4,934
1967	66,738	33,028	5,261	28,449	61,389	5,349
1968	71,786	35,147	5,174	31,465	65,997	5,789
1969	74,706	36,374	5,272	33,060	68,506	6,200
1970	76,275	36,840	5,342	34,093	69,821	6,454
1971	78,848	37,720	5,556	35,572	72,246	6,602
1972	80,959	38,660	5,519	36,780	74,130	6,829
1973	83,838	39,849	5,535	38,454	76,976	6,862
1974	86,576	40,868	5,512	40,196	79,382	7,194
1975	89,648	42,020	5,602	42,026	82,113	7,535
1976	92,929	43,274	5,650	44,005	85,090	7,839
1977	95,470	44,213	5,656	45,601	87,408	8,062
1978	98,173	45,409	5,697	47,067	89,895	8,278
1979	100,735	46,642	5,699	48,394	92,275	8,460
1980	102,989	47,842	5,794	49,353	94,359	8,630
1981	105,117	48,818	5,869	50,430	96,264	8,853
1982	107,422	49,850	5,950	51,622	98,392	9,030
1983	109,139	50,642	6,021	52,476	99,923	9,216
1984	110,662	51,194	6,033	53,435	101,280	9,382
1985	112,249	51,475	6,053	54,721	102,667	9,582
1986	113,877	51,752	6,132	55,993	104,141	9,736
1987	115,863	52,100	6,199	57,564	105,924	9,939
1988	118,513	52,735	6,258	59,520	108,005	10,508
1989	121,140	53,188	6,369	61,583	110,278	10,862
1990	123,838	53,765	6,592	63,481	112,439	11,399
1991	126,445	54,289	6,846	65,310	114,612	11,833
1992	129,024	54,952	7,043	67,029	116,644	12,380
1993	131,833	55,839	7,591	68,403	118,730	13,103
1994	134,849	56,673	7,894	70,282	120,970	13,879
1995	137,464	57,488	8,256	71,720	122,712	14,752
1996	139,608	58,258	8,509	72,841	124,003	15,605
1997	141,782	58,855	8,880	74,047	125,217	16,565
1998	144,310	59,557	9,420	75,333	126,525	17,785
1999	147,579	60,205	10,026	77,348	128,545	19,034
2000	150,563	60,673	10,513	79,377	130,249	20,314
2001	152,572	60,973	10,769	80,830	131,105	21,467
2002	155,050	60,930	10,860	83,260	132,160	22,890
2003	156,155	60,882	10,977	84,296	132,200	23,955
2004	158,770	60,897	11,188	86,685	133,397	25,373
2005	161,690	60,937	11,426	89,327	134,740	26,950
2006	164,473	60,712	11,743	92,018	135,876	28,597
2007	167,636	60,991	11,786	94,859	137,113	30,523
2008	169,914	61,019	12,073	96,822	137,862	32,052
2009	172,039	61,246	12,402	98,391	138,509	33,530
2010	174,403	61,689	12,646	100,068	139,349	35,054
2011	176,684	62,702	12,813	101,169	140,260	36,424
2012	177,570	62,825	12,876	101,869	139,850	37,720
2013	178,669	63,218	12,871	102,580	139,639	39,030
2014	180,882	64,252	13,015	103,615	140,139	40,743

Table 2 : Changes in Number of University/College Part-time Teachers in Japan, 1949-2014

	Total	National	Municipal	Private
1949	4,128	1,094	252	2,782
1950	7,798	2,748	313	4,737
1951	5,805	1,338	492	3,975
1952	13,855	5,194	1,054	7,607
1953	10,767	3,141	955	6,671
1954	12,680	3,222	811	8,647
1955	13,759	3,718	790	9,251
1956	15,307	3,997	1,007	10,303
1957	14,901	3,517	1,155	10,229
1958	14,780	3,486	912	10,382
1959	15,334	3,625	1,109	10,600
1960	16,587	4,090	1,094	11,403
1961	18,228	4,473	1,122	12,633
1962	19,419	5,173	1,312	12,934
1963	21,651	5,697	1,392	14,562
1964	22,745	6,410	1,252	15,083
1965	25,759	6,974	1,606	17,179
1966	30,538	8,205	1,813	20,520
1967	34,393	9,111	2,145	23,137
1968	35,499	10,039	1,999	23,461
1969	38,840	9,739	2,195	26,906
1970	42,696	10,897	2,272	29,527
1971	43,973	12,895	2,327	28,751
1972	47,753	13,391	2,554	31,808
1973	50,810	14,798	2,762	33,250
1974	53,981	15,604	2,992	35,385
1975	57,637	17,245	3,165	37,227
1976	60,164	18,555	2,980	38,629
1977	63,434	19,739	3,318	40,377
1978	63,979	19,909	3,356	40,714
1979	67,022	21,716	3,402	41,904
1980	65,750	21,291	3,459	41,000
1981	69,312	21,444	3,544	44,324
1982	70,675	21,575	3,718	45,382
1983	72,147	21,612	3,747	46,788
1984	74,266	22,249	3,616	48,401
1985	76,767	23,152	3,898	49,717
1986	78,856	23,478	4,022	51,356
1987	81,171	23,930	4,251	52,990
1988	83,926	24,611	4,378	54,937
1989	87,140	25,106	4,711	57,323
1990	90,113	25,680	4,844	59,589
1991	94,866	26,628	4,999	63,239
1992	98,673	27,706	4,850	66,117
1993	103,652	28,967	5,273	69,412
1994	107,688	29,467	5,709	72,512
1995	112,668	30,646	6,301	75,721
1996	117,818	32,301	6,660	78,857
1997	123,916	34,760	7,224	81,932
1998	128,370	35,831	8,021	84,518
1999	132,776	37,359	8,294	87,123
2000	137,568	38,189	8,712	90,667
2001	143,047	39,221	8,997	94,829
2002	149,388	40,060	9,407	99,921
2003	154,670	40,113	9,810	104,747
2004	158,675	37,406	10,570	110,699
2005	162,393	36,321	11,869	114,203
2006	163,765	33,616	11,881	118,268
2007	168,218	34,571	12,138	121,509
2008	174,419	35,039	12,767	126,613
2009	180,475	37,244	13,511	129,720
2010	185,231	37,970	14,024	133,237
2011	188,220	38,030	13,895	136,295
2012	191,308	38,697	14,468	138,143
2013	192,958	39,310	14,710	138,938
2014	194,122	39,449	15,191	139,482

Table 3 : Changes in Number of University/College Officials in Japan, 1950-2014

	Total	National	Municipal	Private
1950	29,901	22,396	2,374	5,131
1951	25,888	19,952	1,530	4,406
1952	47,218	32,422	5,184	9,612
1953	48,427	33,080	5,303	10,044
1954	50,711	33,706	6,175	10,830
1955	51,132	32,720	6,248	12,164
1956	51,599	32,268	5,974	13,357
1957	52,689	32,348	6,373	13,968
1958	54,931	32,804	6,243	15,884
1959	57,147	33,977	6,559	16,611
1960	58,848	34,140	7,358	17,350
1961	61,181	34,940	7,576	18,665
1962	71,374	43,308	8,241	19,825
1963	75,196	45,142	8,663	21,391
1964	79,536	46,361	8,989	24,186
1965	84,248	47,749	9,180	27,319
1966	88,838	48,859	9,355	30,624
1967	92,455	49,860	9,590	33,005
1968	95,840	52,347	8,338	35,155
1969	99,512	53,130	8,895	37,487
1970	100,590	53,567	8,939	38,084
1971	104,053	54,340	9,389	40,324
1972	110,156	54,374	9,662	46,120
1973	114,384	54,599	9,962	49,823
1974	117,716	55,021	9,379	53,316
1975	123,144	55,703	9,402	58,039
1976	128,075	56,604	9,341	62,130
1977	132,536	57,994	9,291	65,251
1978	137,219	59,420	9,280	68,519
1979	140,691	60,529	9,329	70,833
1980	143,669	61,672	9,394	72,603
1981	147,308	62,656	9,420	75,232
1982	150,259	63,328	9,548	77,383
1983	151,888	63,352	9,695	78,841
1984	154,607	64,033	9,816	80,758
1985	154,368	63,383	9,694	81,291
1986	156,149	63,088	9,768	83,293
1987	158,193	62,534	9,933	85,726
1988	160,390	61,833	9,982	88,575
1989	159,894	61,083	9,912	88,899
1990	160,496	60,649	10,289	89,558
1991	162,299	60,607	10,378	91,314
1992	164,552	60,290	10,684	93,578
1993	167,235	59,965	11,026	96,244
1994	170,040	59,563	11,178	99,299
1995	170,972	59,286	11,289	100,397
1996	171,765	59,018	11,375	101,372
1997	171,727	58,486	11,474	101,767
1998	172,131	57,559	11,694	102,878
1999	174,486	57,640	11,924	104,922
2000	174,370	57,280	12,033	105,057
2001	174,320	56,546	11,976	105,798
2002	174,838	56,011	11,978	106,849
2003	175,796	55,493	11,858	108,445
2004	177,111	55,545	11,815	109,751
2005	179,521	56,470	11,940	111,111
2006	182,962	57,448	12,134	113,380
2007	188,876	60,205	12,071	116,600
2008	195,375	62,132	12,380	120,863
2009	200,159	63,428	12,763	123,968
2010	203,389	64,974	12,965	125,450
2011	210,139	67,593	13,305	129,241
2012	214,269	69,371	13,663	131,235
2013	219,784	71,511	14,312	133,961
2014	227,472	75,556	15,183	136,733

Source is Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

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