The following table shows the percent of men and women in Japan ages around 50 who never married, and the estimated percent of them in the future.
Year | men % | women % |
1920 | 2 | 2 |
1925 | 2 | 2 |
1930 | 2 | 1 |
1935 | 2 | 1 |
1940 | 2 | 1 |
1950 | 1 | 1 |
1955 | 1 | 1 |
1960 | 1 | 2 |
1965 | 2 | 3 |
1970 | 2 | 3 |
1975 | 2 | 4 |
1980 | 3 | 4 |
1985 | 4 | 4 |
1990 | 6 | 4 |
1995 | 9 | 5 |
2000 | 13 | 6 |
2005 | 16 | 7 |
2010 | 20 | 11 |
below is the estimated figures | ||
2015 | 24 | 15 |
2020 | 27 | 18 |
2025 | 27 | 19 |
2030 | 28 | 19 |
2035 | 29 | 19 |
Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 平成27年版厚生労働白書 図表1-3-2 生涯未婚率の推移(将来推計含む)
www.mhlw.go.jp/wp/hakusyo/kousei/15/dl/all.pdf
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