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English

Japan’s population fell by a record 0.22 percent to 127.515 million as of last Oct. 1, while people aged 65 or older surpassed the 30 million mark for the first time, the government said Tuesday.

The figures are from a survey by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.

The decline of 284,000 in the total population, which also included foreign nationals, was the largest of its kind since officials began compiling comparable data in 1950.

It was also the second year in a row that the population has fallen.

Japanese

政府の火曜日の発表によると、日本の人口は、去る10月1日において、1億2751万5千人で過去最大の0.22%の割合で減少し、65歳以上の人口が始めて3000万人を超えた。

これらの数字は総務省による調査に基づく。

外国人を含めた、総人口の28万4千人の減少は、政府が1950年から同様の統計を取り始めてから最大の数字だ。

また、これで2年連続で人口が減少した。