The number of children has decreased.

Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture".
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The number of children has decreased for 43 consecutive years.

On the 4th, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced that the number of children under the age of 15 was 14.01 million, the 43rd consecutive year of decline.

This is 330,000 fewer than the previous year, and the proportion of the total population is 11.3%, a new low.
By gender, there were 7.18 million boys and 6.83 million girls.
Meanwhile, by age group, there were 3.17 million 12-14 year olds and 2.35 million 0-2 year olds.
According to a tally as of October 1 last year,
the number of children in Gunma Prefecture was 210,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous year.