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.
この図は総務省が行った調査によるものです。
全体の人口のうち、284000人の減少には外国人も含まれており、1950年に正式に始まった統計データとしては最も大きな割合を示しました。
また、2年連続で人口が減少しています。