Original title: Japan has about 840,000 newborns in 2020, a record low
(Observer Network News) According to Kyodo News, citing the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s vital statistics (approximate), the number of babies born in Japan in 2020 (number of births) is 840,832, which has fallen to a new low since 1899. Prior to this, the number of newborns in Japan fell below the 900,000 mark for the first time in 2019. Compared with that in 2020, it has further decreased by 24,407.
According to reports, the “total special birth rate” for the estimated number of children per woman in Japan was 1.34, a decrease of 0.02 points from the previous year. The number of marriage registrations decreased by 73,517 pairs from the previous year to 525,490, a record low after World War II. The declining birth rate has accelerated further.
According to reports, the new crown epidemic will expand in 2020 and life will change drastically. Since it takes a while from pregnancy to childbirth, the impact of the epidemic on the number of births will be fully reflected in 2021. The initial number of births from January to March 2021 decreased by 9.2% year-on-year. There are predictions that it will fall below the 800,000 mark in 2021, 10 years earlier than the Japanese government estimated.
On the other hand, the number of deaths was 1,372,648, a decline after a lapse of 10 years. In terms of the proportion of different causes of death, cancer accounted for the highest proportion at 27.6%; followed by heart disease (15.0%) and old age (9.6%).
The number of births minus the number of deaths naturally reduced the population to 531,816, the largest reduction in history.
According to reports, the number of births in Japan reached about 2.09 million in 1973, the second baby boom, and continued to decrease. From the mother’s age group, the number of births between 30 and 34 is the largest, 303,434. Except for the number of births over 45 years old, which increased by 27, all other age groups were less than the previous year. The average age of the mother when the first child was born was 30.7 years.
Japan’s prefectures and prefectures ranked the top for the total special birth rate of 1.86, Shimane 1.69, and Miyazaki 1.68; the bottom of the ranking was Tokyo 1.13, Hokkaido and Miyagi at 1.21.
In terms of the average age at first marriage, the husband is 31.0 years old and the wife is 29.4 years old. The number of divorces decreased by 15,245 pairs from the previous year to 193,251 pairs.
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