Country profile preview
Decline phaseJapan
Population decline is already the central question. The profile will focus on its pace, workforce participation and old-age support.
Demographic trajectories, made legible
An atlas of demographic decline.
See where a population may turn, how certain that turn is, and what it could mean for the people who work, retire and care for the next generation.
237countries & areas
1950–2100historical & projected horizon
4source families in the first release
Built for context, not countdowns.
Country explorer
Where does the trajectory bend?
Begin with a country. The public atlas will distinguish a population’s size, age structure and economic capacity rather than reduce them to a single score.
A preview of the country profile architecture — validated series are being staged.
Four lenses, one trajectory
A population number is never the whole story.
Population turn
When is a peak plausible, and how wide is the range of possible outcomes?
Work & retirement
Potential working age, labour-force participation, employment and retirement are not interchangeable.
Public burden
Older-age protection, child and family support, and the public capacity behind both.
Migration
Foreign-born residents, native-born estimates and the definitions that make each comparable.
Method before message
Projection is a range of futures, not a promise.
We will start from official cohort-component population estimates and probabilistic projections. Country pages will make the uncertainty visible, and keep demographic structure separate from observed work and public-finance measures.
See source standardsFirst-release source standards