Editing Iwate Prefecture (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:Iwate prefecture population pyramid in 2020.svg|thumb|271x271px|Iwate prefecture population pyramid in 2020]]
As of October 1, 2022, Iwate Prefecture had a population of 1,180,595. Consistent with [[Aging of Japan|population trends across Japan]], Iwate has experienced a slow, but steady decline in growth since the end of World War II with a major contributing factor being an aging population. As of October 2019, 33.1% of the population was over 65 with 15.4% aged between 65 and 74 and 17.7% over 75.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 1, 2019|title=Current Population Estimates as of October 1, 2019|url=https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2019np/index.html}}</ref> Moreover, the 1950 census saw the most births in the prefecture with 45,968 reported, but since then there has been a major decline to only 7,220 births from October 2018 to September 2019. This is in contrast to the 17,681 deaths recorded during the same period. Finally, Iwate has a net negative migration rate (-2.8) with 21,265 permanently leaving the prefecture and 16,795 entering.

{{Historical populations
| 1890 |   655,400
| 1920 |   846,000
| 1930 |   976,000
| 1940 | 1,096,000
| 1950 | 1,347,000
| 1960 | 1,449,000
| 1970 | 1,371,000
| 1980 | 1,422,000
| 1990 | 1,417,000
| 2000 | 1,416,180
| 2010 |1,330,147| 2020 |1,210,534
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