Where Data Tells the Story
© Voronoi 2026. All rights reserved.
Japan recorded just 705,809 births in 2025, the lowest since 1899 and the tenth consecutive annual decline.
Today’s visualization shows a six-decade chart that reveals the relentless collapse of Japanese fertility from a 1970s peak of approximately 19 births per 1,000 people to 2023’s 6 per 1,000.
The preliminary health ministry data showed births down 2.1% from 2024, and when contextualized against Japan’s 124 million population, the 705,809 figure translates to roughly 5.7 births per 1,000.