Since 2010, the population of the united states has been while japan’s population has been a. increasing . . increasing b. increasing . . decreasing c. decreasing . . increasing d. decreasing . . decreasing

The correct answer is B. Since 2010, the population of the United States has been increasing while Japan’s population has been decreasing .

Explanation:

-The last census of the United States of America, known as the 2010 Census, was made on April 1, 2010, according to its preliminary results officially published on December 21 of that same year it was determined that the resident population of the United States on the first date was of 308,745,538 people, meaning an increase of 9.7% compared to the 281,421,906 people registered during the 2000 census.

-At the most recent census date, October 2010, the population of Japan was 128,057,352; but at June 2019 the estimated population is 127,200,000, making this the 10th most populated country in the world. Its large population is attributed to the great growth rates in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The high degree of sanitation and health standards have made Japan have one of the highest life expectancy rates in the world, 81.25 years for 2006. But the population began to decrease in 2005, when the 1,067,000 births were surpassed by the number of 1,077,000 annual deaths.

The population of Japan is expected to decrease to 100 million by the year 2050, and only 64 million by 2100.