６５歳以上、総人口の２９％　最多３６２５万人―総務省

　総務省は１５日、「敬老の日」に合わせ、６５歳以上の高齢者の推計人口を発表した。同日時点で前年より２万人増の３６２５万人で過去最多となり、総人口に占める割合も０．２ポイント増の２９．３％で過去最高だった。
　男女別に見ると、男性は１５７２万人で男性全体の２６．１％、女性は２０５３万人で女性全体の３２．３％を占めた。
　総人口に占める割合は１９５０年以降、年々高まっている。国立社会保障・人口問題研究所は、第２次ベビーブーム世代（７１～７４年生まれ）が６５歳以上となる２０４０年には３４．８％に達すると推計している。（2024/09/15-17:02）

The population of people aged 65 and over in Japan was estimated at 36.25 million as of Sunday, up by 20,000 from a year earlier and hitting a record high, the internal affairs ministry said ahead of Monday's Respect for the Aged Day.
   Such elderly people accounted for 29.3 pct of the country's total population, up by 0.2 percentage point and also a record high.
   The elderly population included 15,72 million men, or 26.1 pct of the total male population, and 20.53 million women, or 32.3 pct of the female population.
   The proportion of people aged 65 and over has been increasing since the 1950s. It is expected to reach 34.8 pct in 2040, when the country's second baby boomers, or those born between 1971 and 1974, will have joined that age group, according to the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.
   In 2023, the number of workers aged 65 and over rose for the 20th straight year to a record 9.14 million. Of them, 1.32 million were in the wholesale and retail sector, 1.07 million in the medical and welfare sector and 1.04 million in the service sector.