The population of Japan declined. The population of Tokyo declined as well.
総務省によると、今年1月1日に日本に住んでいた日本人は1億2322万3561人でした
According to the ministry of internal affairs and communication, on January 1st of this year 123,223,561 Japanese people lived in Japan.
In one year the population declined by around 620,000 people.
The population has continued to decline for 13 years.
去年生まれた人は約81万人で、調べ始めてからいちばん少なくなりました
Last year around 810,000 people were born, which is the lowest number since the begin of the investigation.
Around 1,440,000 people passed away, which is the highest amount since the begin of the investigation.
東京都とその周りの神奈川県、埼玉県、千葉県は、去年人口が増えましたが、今年は少なくなりました
The populations of Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba all increased last year, but declined this year.
Tokyo’s population has been increasing since 1997, but declined this year.
Only Okinawa prefecture’s population has increased.
総務省は、新型コロナウイルスの問題で大きいまちに引っ越す人が少なくて、東京都などでも人口が少なくなったと考えています
The ministry of internal affairs and communication thinks this is due to the new variant of the Corona virus, which caused less people to move to big cities and the population of places like Tokyo to decline.
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