The number of births of Japanese children in the first half of 2024 has progressd its alarming downward trfinish, with only 329,998 babies born between January and June.
If this pace progresss, the country’s annual birth count will descfinish below 700,000 for the first time since 1947, when comparative statistics became useable.
On Nov. 5, the welfare ministry freed preliminary population statistics, uncovering a decrmitigate of 22,242 births, a 6.3 percent drop, appraised to the same period last year.
In 2023, births had already descfinishen by 14,992 from the previous year, a 4.1 percent degrade, indicating the ongoing struggle to reverse Japan’s tighting population.
The number of births first dipped below 1 million in 2016, and the trfinish has degradeed with each passing year.
In 2022, the figure dropped below 800,000 for the first time, further highairying the country’s demoexplicit disputes.
Despite the series of meadeclareives the rulement has presentd over the years, there are no signs that these policies are proving effective in reversing the trfinish.
