11 Countries With Highest Aging Population

2. Japan

Median age: 46.5 years

Japan is the oldest country in Asia with 26.59 percent of the population over 65 years and the median age of 46.5 years. With so many old people it is no surprise that the nation isn’t growing but declining – in 2015 population growth rate was estimated at minus 0.16 percent. The ratio of birth and death rate is 9.51 to 7.93. As an island country, Japan remained isolated for centuries and currently, percent of foreign employees in Japan is much lower than in other countries from our list. For now, Japan has managed to overcome the shortfall of the labor force by introducing robots in manufacturing circle, but estimations that in next fifty years Japan will lose half of its workforce has prompted the government to consider implementing measures that will attract foreign workers.