Number of College/University Students in Japan, 1955-2020

Japan had 2,915,605 students at colleges and universities in 2020, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

The following shows the changes in the number of college/university students between 1955 and 2020.

Table: Number of College/University Students, 1955-2020

	Total	in which, female students	National Schools	Prefectural, Municipal Schools	Private Schools	Percentage of Female	Percentage of Private
1955	523,355	65,081	186,055	24,936	312,364	12.4	59.7
1960	626,421	85,966	194,227	28,569	403,625	13.7	64.4
1965	937,556	152,119	238,380	38,277	660,899	16.2	70.5
1970	1,406,521	252,745	309,587	50,111	1,046,823	18.0	74.4
1975	1,734,082	368,258	357,772	50,880	1,325,430	21.2	76.4
1980	1,835,312	405,529	406,644	52,082	1,376,586	22.1	75.0
1985	1,848,698	434,401	449,373	54,944	1,344,381	23.5	72.7
1990	2,133,362	584,155	518,609	64,140	1,550,613	27.4	72.7
1995	2,546,649	821,893	598,723	83,812	1,864,114	32.3	73.2
2000	2,740,023	992,312	624,082	107,198	2,008,743	36.2	73.3
2005	2,865,051	1,124,900	627,850	124,910	2,112,291	39.3	73.7
2010	2,887,414	1,185,580	625,048	142,523	2,119,843	41.1	73.4
2015	2,860,210	1,231,868	610,802	148,766	2,100,642	43.1	73.4
2016	2,873,624	1,247,726	610,401	150,513	2,112,710	43.4	73.5
2017	2,890,880	1,263,893	609,473	152,931	2,128,476	43.7	73.6
2018	2,909,159	1,280,406	608,969	155,520	2,144,670	44.0	73.7
2019	2,918,668	1,293,095	606,449	158,176	2,154,043	44.3	73.8
2020	2,915,605	1,294,320	598,881	158,579	2,158,145	44.4	74.0

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

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Number of Colleges and Universities in Japan, 1955-2020

There are 795 colleges and universities in Japan as of 2020, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

The following shows the changes in the number of colleges/universities between 1955 and 2020.

Table: Number of Colleges/Universities, 1955-2020

	Total	National	Prefectural, Municipal	Private
1955	228	72	34	122
1960	245	72	33	140
1965	317	73	35	209
1970	382	75	33	274
1975	420	81	34	305
1980	446	93	34	319
1985	460	95	34	331
1990	507	96	39	372
1995	565	98	52	415
2000	649	99	72	478
2005	726	87	86	553
2010	778	86	95	597
2015	779	86	89	604
2016	777	86	91	600
2017	780	86	90	604
2018	782	86	93	603
2019	786	86	93	607
2020	795	86	94	615

The number of national colleges/universities has not changed much, and the number of private colleges/universities is increasing.

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

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Distribution of Yearly Household Incomes in Japan, 2018

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued the result of National Livelihood Survey 2018. According to it, the average yearly income of Japanese household was 5,523,000 yen ($50,093 €42,527) in 2018. In 2016, the average household income was 5,602,000 yen. In fact, the value of income has gone down.

The median income was 4,370,000 yen ($39,635 €33,649). 61.1% of people live by the below average income.

In the survey, "income" includes taxes and social security charges. So the after-tax pay (take-home money) is less than "income".

The below shows the percentage distribution of yearly household incomes.

Table: Distribution of Yearly Household Income in Japan, 2018

Household income (10,000 yen)	%
under 50	1.2
50-100	5.2
100-150	6.3
150-200	6.3
200-250	6.9
250-300	6.7
300-350	7.1
350-400	5.7
400-450	5.6
450-500	4.9
500-550	4.9
550-600	3.8
600-650	4.6
650-700	3.4
700-750	3.3
750-800	2.9
800-850	2.6
850-900	2.3
900-950	2.2
950-1000	1.9
1000-1100	3.1
1100-1200	1.9
1200-1500	3.8
1500-2000	2.1
over 2000	1.2

Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 2019年　国民生活基礎調査の概況

www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/k-tyosa/k-tyosa19/index.html

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