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Uncovering the Reasons Behind Japan's Fertility Rate Drop

by Colleen Fleiss on Jun 3 2023 11:51 PM
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In Japan, babies born in 2022 was also a record low at 770,747, down 40,875 from 2021, revealed data.

Uncovering the Reasons Behind Japan`s Fertility Rate Drop
For the seventh consecutive year, the fertility rate in Japan had fallen to a record low of 1.26 in 2022, revealed data.
According to data released by the Health Ministry on Friday, the average number of children born per woman during her lifetime was 1.26 last year (1 Trusted Source
Japan's Demographic Future

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This data was down 0.05 points from the final figure for 2021 and on par with a record low marked in 2005.

Fertility Rate in Japan

The latest statistics come a day after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida released a draft plan to boost "unparalleled" child-rearing support in a bid to reverse the country's falling birthrate.

It includes a plan to start offering child allowance to all households with children, regardless of income, from fiscal 2024.

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  1. Japan's Demographic Future - (https://www.prb.org/resources/japans-demographic-future/)
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