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21 hours ago · Japan dropped from the 5th most populous country in the world to 6th in 1964, 7th in 1978, 8th in 1990, to 9th in 1998, to 10th in the early 21st century, 11th in 2020, and to 12th in 2023. [13] [14] Over the period of 2010 to 2015, the population shrank by almost a million, [15] and Japan lost a half-million in 2022 alone. [16]
