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Is the world population going to collapse? | Harshvardhan

Is the sale of baby diapers 👶 increasing faster than adult diapers 🧓?

https://www.harsh17.in/population-collapse/

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Japan’s aging population is shifting even its diaper business. Japanese diaper company Oji Holdings recently announced that it’ll stop producing for babies domestically and will make adult versions instead—though it will continue making products for babies’ tushes in Malaysia and Indonesia. The decision reflects what’s been happening in the Japanese market for a while now: In 2011, the nation’s biggest diaper brand, Unicharm, said adult versions had outsold baby ones. And it’s grown more acute since then. Last year, Japan recorded its fewest annual births since the 19th century, and the proportion of its population over age 80 grew to more than 10%, per the BBC. Japan’s growing adult diaper market is estimated at ~$2 billion.