Year		Total population (in 000’s)			Rate of population increase (no. per thousand people)
1946		75,750			49.94
1947		78,101			31.05
1948		80,002			24.34
1949		81,773			22.13
1950		83,200			17.45
1951		84,541			16.13
1952		85,808			14.95
1953		86,981			13.67
1954		88,239			12.15
1955		89,276			11.75
1956		90,127			10.04
1957		90,928			8.39
1958		91,767			9.23
1959		92,641			9.53
1960		93,419			8.39
1961		94,287			9.29
1962		95,181			9.48
1963		96,156			10.25
1964		97,182			10.67
1965		98,275			11.25
1966		99,036			7.74
1967		100,196			11.71
1968		101,331			11.33
1969		102,536			11.89
1970		103,720			11.55
1971		105,145			13.71
1972		107,595			14.09
1973		109,104			14.02
1974		110,573			13.46
1975		111,940			12.36
1976		113,089			10.26
1977		114,154			9.42
1978		115,174			8.94
1979		116,133			8.33
1980		117,057			7.96
1981		117,660			5.15

Source: Prime Minister’s Offce Statistics, Department, Jinko Suikei (Population Estimates) and Kokusei Chosa (Survey of the State of the Nation), in Kosaka Masataka (ed.) Suii de miru Nihon no Ayumi—1982 (Japan’s Progress as seen in Figures—1982), PHP Research Institute, 1982.