TOKYO, May 05 (News On Japan) –
Ahead of Children’s Day, Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications launched an estimate of the nation’s baby inhabitants, revealing a lower of 330,000 in comparison with the earlier yr. The inhabitants of kids below 15 dropped for the forty third consecutive yr, reaching a document low since information assortment started in 1950.
As of April 1st, the kid inhabitants stood at 14.01 million, marking a brand new document low. The proportion of kids within the whole inhabitants additionally hit an all-time low at 11.3%.
Among prefectures, Okinawa had the best proportion of kids at 16.1%, adopted by Shiga at 13.0%. In distinction, Akita had the bottom at 9.1%.
Child populations decreased in all prefectures, with solely Tokyo and Kanagawa having over a million youngsters.
Source: ANN