According to a summary by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of children born in the last year reached a record low of 870,000 nationwide.
Meanwhile, the number of people who died has declined for the first time in 11 years.
According to the preliminary figures released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of children born last year, "the number of births," was 872,683, which is 25,917 less than that of adults, and is the lowest ever since the statistics were collected in 1902. did.
On the other hand, the number of people who died in the last year was 1,384,544, which is 9373 less than the number of adults.
It is the first time in 11 years that the number of deaths, which has been increasing due to the aging of the population, has decreased.
The number of population declines, which is the number of births minus the number of deaths, is 511,861.
In addition, the number of marriages was 537,583, a decrease of 78,069 from the adult, and the rate of decrease was 12.7%, which is a significant decrease since 1950, more than 70 years ago.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "The number of births in December was declining, which may have been affected by the spread of the new coronavirus in early spring. There is also. "