In 2020, there were approximately 4.4 million private one-person households with a female household member 65 years of age and older in Japan, the highest number in history. Within only one decade, that number increased by approximately one million.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 20, 2023). Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions)." Chart. September 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2023). Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of Female Elderly One-person Households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of female elderly one-person households in Japan from 1980 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/642801/japan-female-one-person-senior-households/