Summary of vital statistics
| Year1) | Population2) | Live births | Deaths | (Regrouped） | Natural increase |
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| Infant deaths （under 1year） |
Neonatal deaths （under 4weeks） |
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| 1899 | 43,404,000 | 1,386,981 | 932,087 | 213,359 | 108,077 | 454,894 | |
| 1900 | 43,847,000 | 1,420,534 | 910,744 | 220,211 | 112,259 | 509,790 | |
| 01 | 44,359,000 | 1,501,591 | 925,810 | 225,107 | 115,794 | 575,781 | |
| 02 | 44,964,000 | 1,510,835 | 959,126 | 232,652 | 116,654 | 551,709 | |
| 03 | 45,546,000 | 1,489,816 | 931,008 | 226,982 | 112,909 | 558,808 | |
| 04 | 46,135,000 | 1,440,371 | 955,400 | 218,756 | 106,477 | 484,971 | |
| 05 | 46,620,000 | 1,452,770 | 1,004,661 | 220,450 | 103,382 | 448,109 | |
| 06 | 47,038,000 | 1,394,295 | 955,256 | 214,148 | 105,307 | 439,039 | |
| 07 | 47,416,000 | 1,614,472 | 1,016,798 | 244,300 | 118,617 | 597,674 | |
| 08 | 47,965,000 | 1,662,815 | 1,029,447 | 262,801 | 123,867 | 633,368 | |
| 09 | 48,554,000 | 1,693,850 | 1,091,264 | 283,436 | 129,629 | 602,586 | |
| 1910 | 49,184,000 | 1,712,857 | 1,064,234 | 276,136 | 126,910 | 648,623 | |
| 11 | 49,852,000 | 1,747,803 | 1,043,906 | 276,798 | 127,302 | 703,897 | |
| 12 | 50,577,000 | 1,737,674 | 1,037,016 | 268,025 | 123,902 | 700,658 | |
| 13 | 51,305,000 | 1,757,441 | 1,027,257 | 267,281 | 124,213 | 730,184 | |
| 14 | 52,039,000 | 1,808,402 | 1,101,815 | 286,678 | 125,745 | 706,587 | |
| 15 | 52,752,000 | 1,799,326 | 1,093,793 | 288,634 | 125,337 | 705,533 | |
| 16 | 53,496,000 | 1,804,822 | 1,187,832 | 307,283 | 132,000 | 616,990 | |
| 17 | 54,134,000 | 1,812,413 | 1,199,669 | 313,872 | 139,717 | 612,744 | |
| 18 | 54,739,000 | 1,791,992 | 1,493,162 | 337,919 | 145,710 | 298,830 | |
| 19 | 55,033,000 | 1,778,685 | 1,281,965 | 303,202 | 129,072 | 496,720 | |
| 1920 | * | 55,963,053 | 2,025,564 | 1,422,096 | 335,613 | 139,681 | 603,468 |
| 21 | 56,665,900 | 1,990,876 | 1,288,570 | 335,143 | 136,342 | 702,306 | |
| 22 | 57,390,100 | 1,969,314 | 1,286,941 | 327,604 | 132,856 | 682,373 | |
| 23 | 58,119,200 | 2,043,297 | 1,332,485 | 333,930 | 135,504 | 710,812 | |
| 24 | 58,875,600 | 1,998,520 | 1,254,946 | 312,267 | 126,385 | 743,574 | |
| 25 | * | 59,736,822 | 2,086,091 | 1,210,706 | 297,008 | 121,238 | 875,385 |
| 26 | 60,740,900 | 2,104,405 | 1,160,734 | 289,275 | 119,642 | 943,671 | |
| 27 | 61,659,300 | 2,060,737 | 1,214,323 | 292,084 | 116,240 | 846,414 | |
| 28 | 62,595,300 | 2,135,852 | 1,236,711 | 293,881 | 115,682 | 899,141 | |
| 29 | 63,460,600 | 2,077,026 | 1,261,228 | 295,178 | 115,009 | 815,798 | |
| 1930 | * | 64,450,005 | 2,085,101 | 1,170,867 | 258,703 | 104,101 | 914,234 |
| 31 | 65,457,500 | 2,102,784 | 1,240,891 | 276,584 | 108,812 | 861,893 | |
| 32 | 66,433,800 | 2,182,742 | 1,175,344 | 256,505 | 104,573 | 1,007,398 | |
| 33 | 67,431,600 | 2,121,253 | 1,193,987 | 257,251 | 102,887 | 927,266 | |
| 34 | 68,308,900 | 2,043,783 | 1,234,684 | 255,063 | 103,408 | 809,099 | |
| 35 | * | 69,254,148 | 2,190,704 | 1,161,936 | 233,706 | 97,994 | 1,028,768 |
| 36 | 70,113,600 | 2,101,969 | 1,230,278 | 245,357 | 101,043 | 871,691 | |
| 37 | 70,630,400 | 2,180,734 | 1,207,899 | 230,701 | 95,465 | 972,835 | |
| 38 | 71,012,600 | 1,928,321 | 1,259,805 | 220,695 | 89,159 | 668,516 | |
| 39 | 71,379,700 | 1,901,573 | 1,268,760 | 202,018 | 84,204 | 632,813 | |
| 1940 | 71,933,000 | 2,115,867 | 1,186,595 | 190,509 | 81,869 | 929,272 | |
| 41 | 71,680,200 | 2,277,283 | 1,149,559 | 191,420 | 77,829 | 1,127,724 | |
| 42 | 72,384,500 | 2,233,660 | 1,166,630 | 190,897 | 76,177 | 1,067,030 | |
| 43 | 72,883,100 | 2,253,535 | 1,213,811 | 195,219 | 76,588 | 1,039,724 | |
| 1947 | * | 78,101,473 | 2,678,792 | 1,138,238 | 205,360 | 84,204 | 1,540,554 |
| 48 | 80,002,500 | 2,681,624 | 950,610 | 165,406 | 73,855 | 1,731,014 | |
| 49 | 81,772,600 | 2,696,638 | 945,444 | 168,467 | 72,432 | 1,751,194 | |
| 1950 | * | 83,199,637 | 2,337,507 | 904,876 | 140,515 | 64,142 | 1,432,631 |
| 51 | 84,573,000 | 2,137,689 | 838,998 | 122,869 | 58,686 | 1,298,691 | |
| 52 | 85,852,000 | 2,005,162 | 765,068 | 99,114 | 51,015 | 1,240,094 | |
| 53 | 87,033,000 | 1,868,040 | 772,547 | 91,424 | 47,580 | 1,095,493 | |
| 54 | 88,293,000 | 1,769,580 | 721,491 | 78,944 | 42,726 | 1,048,089 | |
| 55 | * | 89,275,529 | 1,730,692 | 693,523 | 68,801 | 38,646 | 1,037,169 |
| 56 | 90,259,000 | 1,665,278 | 724,460 | 67,691 | 38,232 | 940,818 | |
| 57 | 91,088,000 | 1,566,713 | 752,445 | 62,678 | 33,847 | 814,268 | |
| 58 | 92,010,000 | 1,653,469 | 684,189 | 57,052 | 32,237 | 969,280 | |
| 59 | 92,971,000 | 1,626,088 | 689,959 | 54,768 | 30,235 | 936,129 | |
| 1960 | * | 93,418,501 | 1,606,041 | 706,599 | 49,293 | 27,362 | 899,442 |
| 61 | 94,285,000 | 1,589,372 | 695,644 | 45,465 | 26,255 | 893,728 | |
| 62 | 95,178,000 | 1,618,616 | 710,265 | 42,797 | 24,777 | 908,351 | |
| 63 | 96,156,000 | 1,659,521 | 670,770 | 38,442 | 22,965 | 988,751 | |
| 64 | 97,186,000 | 1,716,761 | 673,067 | 34,967 | 21,344 | 1,043,694 | |
| 65 | * | 98,274,961 | 1,823,697 | 700,438 | 33,742 | 21,260 | 1,123,259 |
| 66 | 99,056,000 | 1,360,974 | 670,342 | 26,217 | 16,296 | 690,632 | |
| 67 | 99,637,000 | 1,935,647 | 675,006 | 28,928 | 19,248 | 1,260,641 | |
| 68 | 100,794,000 | 1,871,839 | 686,555 | 28,600 | 18,326 | 1,185,284 | |
| 69 | 102,022,000 | 1,889,815 | 693,787 | 26,874 | 17,116 | 1,196,028 | |
| 1970 | * | 103,119,447 | 1,934,239 | 712,962 | 25,412 | 16,742 | 1,221,277 |
| 71 | 104,345,000 | 2,000,973 | 684,521 | 24,805 | 16,450 | 1,316,452 | |
| 72 | 105,742,000 | 2,038,682 | 683,751 | 23,773 | 15,817 | 1,354,931 | |
| 73 | 108,079,000 | 2,091,983 | 709,416 | 23,683 | 15,473 | 1,382,567 | |
| 74 | 109,410,000 | 2,029,989 | 710,510 | 21,888 | 14,472 | 1,319,479 | |
| 75 | * | 111,251,507 | 1,901,440 | 702,275 | 19,103 | 12,912 | 1,199,165 |
| 76 | 112,420,000 | 1,832,617 | 703,270 | 17,105 | 11,638 | 1,129,347 | |
| 77 | 113,499,000 | 1,755,100 | 690,074 | 15,666 | 10,773 | 1,065,026 | |
| 78 | 114,511,000 | 1,708,643 | 695,821 | 14,327 | 9,628 | 1,012,822 | |
| 79 | 115,465,000 | 1,642,580 | 689,664 | 12,923 | 8,590 | 952,916 | |
| 1980 | * | 116,320,358 | 1,576,889 | 722,801 | 11,841 | 7,796 | 854,088 |
| 81 | 117,204,000 | 1,529,455 | 720,262 | 10,891 | 7,188 | 809,193 | |
| 82 | 118,008,000 | 1,515,392 | 711,883 | 9,969 | 6,425 | 803,509 | |
| 83 | 118,786,000 | 1,508,687 | 740,038 | 9,406 | 5,894 | 768,649 | |
| 84 | 119,523,000 | 1,489,780 | 740,247 | 8,920 | 5,527 | 749,533 | |
| 85 | * | 120,265,700 | 1,431,577 | 752,283 | 7,899 | 4,910 | 679,294 |
| 86 | 120,946,000 | 1,382,946 | 750,620 | 7,251 | 4,296 | 632,326 | |
| 87 | 121,535,000 | 1,346,658 | 751,172 | 6,711 | 3,933 | 595,486 | |
| 88 | 122,026,000 | 1,314,006 | 793,014 | 6,265 | 3,592 | 520,992 | |
| 89 | 122,460,000 | 1,246,802 | 788,594 | 5,724 | 3,214 | 458,208 | |
| 1990 | * | 122,721,397 | 1,221,585 | 820,305 | 5,616 | 3,179 | 401,280 |
| 91 | 123,102,000 | 1,223,245 | 829,797 | 5,418 | 2,978 | 393,448 | |
| 92 | 123,476,000 | 1,208,989 | 856,643 | 5,477 | 2,905 | 352,346 | |
| 93 | 123,788,000 | 1,188,282 | 878,532 | 5,169 | 2,765 | 309,750 | |
| 94 | 124,069,000 | 1,238,328 | 875,933 | 5,261 | 2,889 | 362,395 | |
| 95 | * | 124,298,947 | 1,187,064 | 922,139 | 5,054 | 2,615 | 264,925 |
| 96 | 124,709,000 | 1,206,555 | 896,211 | 4,546 | 2,438 | 310,344 | |
| 97 | 124,963,000 | 1,191,665 | 913,402 | 4,403 | 2,307 | 278,263 | |
| 98 | 125,252,000 | 1,203,147 | 936,484 | 4,380 | 2,353 | 266,663 | |
| 99 | 125,432,000 | 1,177,669 | 982,031 | 4,010 | 2,137 | 195,638 | |
| 2000 | * | 125,612,633 | 1,190,547 | 961,653 | 3,830 | 2,106 | 228,894 |
| 01 | 125,908,000 | 1,170,662 | 970,331 | 3,599 | 1,909 | 200,331 | |
| 02 | 126,008,000 | 1,153,855 | 982,379 | 3,497 | 1,937 | 171,476 | |
| 03 | 126,139,000 | 1,123,610 | 1,014,951 | 3,364 | 1,879 | 108,659 | |
| 04 | 126,176,000 | 1,110,721 | 1,028,602 | 3,122 | 1,622 | 82,119 | |
| 05 | * | 126,204,902 | 1,062,530 | 1,083,796 | 2,958 | 1,510 | △21,266 |
| 06 | 126,154,000 | 1,092,674 | 1,084,450 | 2,864 | 1,444 | 8,224 | |
| 07 | 126,085,000 | 1,089,818 | 1,108,334 | 2,828 | 1,434 | △18,516 | |
| 08 | 125,947,000 | 1,091,156 | 1,142,407 | 2,798 | 1,331 | △51,251 | |
| 09 | 125,820,000 | 1,070,035 | 1,141,865 | 2,556 | 1,254 | △71,830 | |
| 2010 | * | ... | 1,071,304 | 1,197,012 | 2,450 | 1,167 | △125,708 |
Note;1) Excluding Okinawa prefecture for 1947-1972.
2) Figures for 1899-1919 exclude foreigners.Figures for 1920-1966 include foreigners.
Figures for 1967-2010 exclude foreigners.
Source; "*": Population Census
Others: Population Estimation
3)Figures of spontaneous or artificial foetal deaths for 1948-1949 are referred to vital statistics monthly report.
Total figures of foetal deaths for 1948-1949 include spontaneous or artificial as unknown.