Latest data shows that the number of Japanese nationals falling by almost 100 an hour on average despite government efforts, a report from Financial Times.
The native population of Japan is falling at a rate of almost 100 people an hour despite intensified efforts by the government to raise the nation’s low fertility rate.
According to official data released on Friday, the number of Japanese nationals dropped by the biggest amount in a year since comparable records began in 1950 — a fall of 837,000 in the 12 months to October 1 2023.
That decline represents a daily drop of 2,293 people, or just under 96 per hour. The same report, published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, showed Japan’s overall population was 124.3mn in October — down 595,000 from the previous year when adjusted for steadily rising levels of migrant workers, overseas students and foreign permanent residents.
In a report released last year, the country’s Immigration Services Agency said the number of foreign nationals living in Japan had reached a record high of 3.2mn at the end of June 2023. The increase was driven by expansion in a visa programme for skilled workers in specified sectors and in technical internships. The record drop in the number of Japanese nationals marked the 13th consecutive year of decline for a nation that has led the developed world in population contraction and ageing, and whose demographic patterns are increasingly being followed by other nations in Asia and beyond
Japan’s latest population numbers followed the release in February of a preliminary tally of the number of babies born in 2023: a record low of 758,631, down 5.1 per cent from the previous year.
In its most recent forecasts, Japan’s National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) had expected the number to fall to 755,000 by 2035, suggesting the rate of decline is now far quicker than expected.
The latest data adds to an already very top-heavy population pyramid, with historic distortions at both ends. The number of under-15s in Japan is at a record low of 11.4 per cent of the overall population, while the number of over-65s is at a record high of 29.1 per cent.
隨著出生人數銳減，日本本土人口以創紀錄的速度減少
英國《金融時報》報道稱，最新數據顯示，儘管政府做出了努力，但日本國民的數量平均每小時減少近 100 人。
儘管政府加強提高國家低生育率，但日本本土人口仍以每小時近 100 人的速度下降。
根據週五公佈的官方數據，日本國民人數出現自 1950 年有可比記錄以來的最大降幅——截至 2023 年 10 月 1 日的 12 個月內減少了 837,000 人。
這一下降意味著每天減少 2,293 人，即每小時減少近 96 人。 日本總務省發布的同一份報告顯示，10 月份日本總人口為 1.243 億，根據穩步上升的移民工人、海外學生和外國永久居民的數量進行調整後，比上年減少 59.5 萬人。
日本移民廳在去年發布的報告中表示，截至2023 年6 月，居住在日本的外國人數量已達到320 萬人，創歷史新高。所致。特定部門和技術實習。 日本國民人數創紀錄下降，標誌著這個在人口收縮和老齡化方面領先於已開發國家的國家連續第13年下降，其人口模式正越來越多地被亞洲及其他地區的其他國家效仿
日本最新人口數據是在 2 月發布的 2023 年出生嬰兒人數初步統計之後公佈的：758,631 人，創歷史新低，比上年下降 5.1%。
日本國家人口和社會保障研究所 (IPSS) 在最新的預測中預計，到 2035 年，這一數字將降至 755,000 人，這表明目前的下降速度遠遠快於預期。
最新數據進一步加劇了本已非常頭重腳輕的人口金字塔，兩端都出現了歷史性的扭曲。 日本15歲以下人口占總人口的比例創歷史新低，為11.4%，而65歲以上人口占總人口的比例則創歷史新高，為29.1%。
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