Japan records 671,236 births in 2025, tenth straight annual decline
The total marks a 2.2 percent drop from 2024, a slower rate of decline than the roughly 5 percent annual drops recorded in prior years. Births among women aged 30-34 rose from 253,444 to 255,665.
nippon.comJapan recorded 671,236 births in 2025, the lowest annual total on record and the tenth consecutive year of decline, according to health ministry data released Wednesday. The figure represents a 2.2 percent decrease from the 2024 total. That pace is slower than the approximately 5 percent year-on-year declines recorded in each of the preceding several years.
Age-group shift While overall births fell, the number of births to women aged 30-34 increased from 253,444 in 2024 to 255,665 last year. The Children and Families Agency cited low income, difficulty meeting a partner, and challenges balancing work with child-rearing as factors in the broader fertility trend.
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