Japan’s population shrinks by 644,000 in 2021: Report
ANKARA – Japan’s population stood at 125.5 million as of October 1, 2021, down by a record 644,000 from a year earlier according to the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.
The capital Tokyo also saw a decline for the first time in 26 years.
In June 2021, Japan had reported that its population declined by 0.7% during the past five years, dropping out for the first time since 1950 from the world’s top 10 countries in terms of population.
The country’s child population also decreased as figures indicated that Japan has seen the child population dropping continuously over the past 40 years, leaving the world’s third-largest economy grappling with an aging population.
Japan is among 33 countries with the lowest child population ratio, along with South Korea and Italy.
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