据共同社周二报道，援引2025年最终人口普查结果，日本老年人口达到历史最高水平，而该国总人口连续第三次普查出现下降。
Japan’s elderly population reached a record high as the country’s overall population declined for a third consecutive census, Kyodo News reported Tuesday, citing finalized 2025 census results.
2025年，65岁及以上人口占日本总人口的29.4%，较2020年上一次普查上升0.9%。
People aged 65 and above accounted for 29.4% of Japan’s population in 2025, up 0.9% from the previous census in 2020.
截至2025年10月1日，包括外国居民在内的日本总人口较2020年减少317万人，降幅为2.5%，降至122,972,528人。
Japan’s population, including foreign residents, fell by 3.17 million, or 2.5%, from 2020 to 122,972,528 as of Oct. 1, 2025.
自1920年起每五年进行一次的人口普查显示，人口连续第三次调查出现下降。
The census, conducted every five years since 1920, showed the population declining for a third consecutive survey.
与此同时，东京都市圈人口占比达到30.1%，首次突破30%的门槛。日本的人口减少伴随着持续低迷的出生率。
Meanwhile, 30.1% of the population was concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area, crossing the 30% threshold for the first time. Japan’s demographic decline has been accompanied by persistently low births.
根据厚生劳动省数据，2025年日本居民出生人数为671,236人，较上年减少14,937人，为1899年有可比记录以来的最低水平。总和生育率也从2024年的1.15降至创纪录的1.14。
The country recorded 671,236 births among Japanese residents in 2025, down 14,937 from the previous year and the lowest since comparable records began in 1899, according to Health Ministry data. The total fertility rate also fell to a record-low 1.14 from 1.15 in 2024.
然而，厚生劳动省的初步数据显示，2026年上半年（含外国人）出生人数为342,068人，同比增长0.8%，这是11年来1月至6月期间首次出现增长。
However, preliminary Health Ministry data showed 342,068 births in the first half of 2026, including foreign nationals, up 0.8% year-on-year and marking the first increase for the January-June period in 11 years.
同期死亡人数为778,982人，导致自然人口减少436,914人。
Deaths stood at 778,982 during the same period, resulting in a natural population decline of 436,914.