Japan's population is declining at record speed while the number of foreign nationals residing in the country has risen to a record high, according to government data released Wednesday. The data show the total number of Japanese nationals in the country fell by about 800,000 people in 2022, the 14th consecutive year of population decline, according to the Reuters news agency.
Japan's overall population fell to 125.42 million, a decrease of about 511,000 on the previous year, the study shows.Japan has the fastest-aging population of any post-industrial nation on earth. Its birth rate — the average number of children a woman typically has — started to decline in the 1970s. The country's current birth rate is 1.3, according to data from the
The lack of working-age adults and children set to join their ranks has fueled mounting concern over Japan's economy, and the government has vowed to take action.
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