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An estimated 687,080 Japanese children were or will be born in 2024, falling below 700,000 for the first time and marking the lowest level on record, according to Asahi Shimbun calculations.

For comparison, Japan births in the past:

  • 1935: 2.19 Million
  • 1955: 1.73 Million
  • 1985: 1.43 Million
  • 2005: 1.06 Million
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Extreme wealth is a completely different condition and performing artists yet another one. Women whos careers are dependent on how their body looks often use surregates if they want kids. If folks don't want kids they won't have them but if they want kids but can't see providing for them such that they will have at least as much success as they had. They will not. Everyone I personally know with children intentionally had them. Stopping birth control. Many people will have children if they are financially secure and see a future for those children.