Summary of vital statistics
| Year1) | Live birth rates (per 1,000population) |
Death rates (per 1,000population) |
Infant mortalityrates (per 1,000live births) |
Neonatal mortalityrates (per 1,000live births) |
Natural increaserates (per 1,000population) |
Foetal death rates2) (per 1,000 live births and foetal deaths of 12 completed weeks of gestation and over) |
Perinatal death rates （per 1,000 live births and foetal death at 22 completed weeks and over of gestation) |
Foetal death rates at 22 completed weeks and over of gestation （per 1,000 live births and foetal death at 22 completed weeks and over of gestation) |
Early neonatal death rates (under 1 week) (per 1,000 live births) |
Marriage rates (per 1,000 population) |
Divorce rates (per 1,000 population) |
Total3) fertility rates |
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| Total | Spontaneous | Artificial | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | 32.0 | 21.5 | 153.8 | 77.9 | 10.5 | 89.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.9 | 1.53 | ... |
| 1900 | 32.4 | 20.8 | 155.0 | 79.0 | 11.6 | 88.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.9 | 1.46 | ... |
| 01 | 33.9 | 20.9 | 149.9 | 77.1 | 13.0 | 93.8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.5 | 1.43 | ... |
| 02 | 33.6 | 21.3 | 154.0 | 77.2 | 12.3 | 94.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.8 | 1.43 | ... |
| 03 | 32.7 | 20.4 | 152.4 | 75.8 | 12.3 | 93.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.1 | 1.44 | ... |
| 04 | 31.2 | 20.7 | 151.9 | 73.9 | 10.5 | 92.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.6 | 1.39 | ... |
| 05 | 31.2 | 21.6 | 151.7 | 71.2 | 9.6 | 89.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.5 | 1.29 | ... |
| 06 | 29.6 | 20.3 | 153.6 | 75.5 | 9.3 | 97.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.5 | 1.39 | ... |
| 07 | 34.0 | 21.4 | 151.3 | 73.5 | 12.6 | 89.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.1 | 1.29 | ... |
| 08 | 34.7 | 21.5 | 158.0 | 74.5 | 13.2 | 89.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.6 | 1.26 | ... |
| 09 | 34.9 | 22.5 | 167.3 | 76.5 | 12.4 | 87.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.0 | 1.21 | ... |
| 1910 | 34.8 | 21.6 | 161.2 | 74.1 | 13.2 | 84.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.0 | 1.21 | ... |
| 11 | 35.1 | 20.9 | 158.4 | 72.8 | 14.1 | 81.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.7 | 1.16 | ... |
| 12 | 34.4 | 20.5 | 154.2 | 71.3 | 13.9 | 78.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.5 | 1.17 | ... |
| 13 | 34.3 | 20.0 | 152.1 | 70.7 | 14.2 | 77.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.4 | 1.16 | ... |
| 14 | 34.8 | 21.2 | 158.5 | 69.5 | 13.6 | 74.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.7 | 1.15 | ... |
| 15 | 34.1 | 20.7 | 160.4 | 69.7 | 13.4 | 72.8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.4 | 1.14 | ... |
| 16 | 33.7 | 22.2 | 170.3 | 73.1 | 11.5 | 72.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.1 | 1.13 | ... |
| 17 | 33.5 | 22.2 | 173.2 | 77.1 | 11.3 | 71.9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.3 | 1.03 | ... |
| 18 | 32.7 | 27.3 | 188.6 | 81.3 | 5.5 | 73.7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.1 | 1.03 | ... |
| 19 | 32.3 | 23.3 | 170.5 | 72.6 | 9.0 | 69.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.7 | 1.03 | ... |
| 1920 | 36.2 | 25.4 | 165.7 | 69.0 | 10.8 | 66.4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.8 | 0.99 | ... |
| 21 | 35.1 | 22.7 | 168.3 | 68.5 | 12.4 | 65.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.2 | 0.94 | ... |
| 22 | 34.3 | 22.4 | 166.4 | 67.5 | 11.9 | 62.9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.0 | 0.92 | ... |
| 23 | 35.2 | 22.9 | 163.4 | 66.3 | 12.2 | 61.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.8 | 0.88 | ... |
| 24 | 33.9 | 21.3 | 156.2 | 63.2 | 12.6 | 59.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.7 | 0.88 | ... |
| 25 | 34.9 | 20.3 | 142.4 | 58.1 | 14.7 | 56.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.7 | 0.87 | ... |
| 26 | 34.6 | 19.1 | 137.5 | 56.9 | 15.5 | 55.7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.3 | 0.83 | ... |
| 27 | 33.4 | 19.7 | 141.7 | 56.4 | 13.7 | 53.7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.9 | 0.82 | ... |
| 28 | 34.1 | 19.8 | 137.6 | 54.2 | 14.4 | 53.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.0 | 0.78 | ... |
| 29 | 32.7 | 19.9 | 142.1 | 55.4 | 12.9 | 53.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.8 | 0.81 | ... |
| 1930 | 32.4 | 18.2 | 124.1 | 49.9 | 14.2 | 53.4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.9 | 0.80 | ... |
| 31 | 32.1 | 19.0 | 131.5 | 51.7 | 13.2 | 52.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.6 | 0.77 | ... |
| 32 | 32.9 | 17.7 | 117.5 | 47.9 | 15.2 | 51.9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.8 | 0.77 | ... |
| 33 | 31.5 | 17.7 | 121.3 | 48.5 | 13.8 | 51.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.2 | 0.73 | ... |
| 34 | 29.9 | 18.1 | 124.8 | 50.6 | 11.8 | 52.4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.5 | 0.71 | ... |
| 35 | 31.6 | 16.8 | 106.7 | 44.7 | 14.9 | 50.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.0 | 0.70 | ... |
| 36 | 30.0 | 17.5 | 116.7 | 48.1 | 12.4 | 50.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.8 | 0.66 | ... |
| 37 | 30.9 | 17.1 | 105.8 | 43.8 | 13.8 | 48.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.5 | 0.66 | ... |
| 38 | 27.2 | 17.7 | 114.4 | 46.2 | 9.4 | 49.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.6 | 0.63 | ... |
| 39 | 26.6 | 17.8 | 106.2 | 44.3 | 8.9 | 49.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.8 | 0.64 | ... |
| 1940 | 29.4 | 16.5 | 90.0 | 38.7 | 12.9 | 46.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.3 | 0.68 | ... |
| 41 | 31.8 | 16.0 | 84.1 | 34.2 | 15.7 | 43.4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.0 | 0.69 | ... |
| 42 | 30.9 | 16.1 | 85.5 | 34.1 | 14.7 | 41.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.4 | 0.64 | ... |
| 43 | 30.9 | 16.7 | 86.6 | 33.8 | 14.3 | 39.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.2 | 0.68 | ... |
| 1947 | 34.3 | 14.6 | 76.7 | 31.4 | 19.7 | 44.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.0 | 1.02 | 4.54 |
| 48 | 33.5 | 11.9 | 61.7 | 27.5 | 21.6 | 50.9 | 36.9 | 10.9 | ... | ... | ... | 11.9 | 0.99 | 4.40 |
| 49 | 33.0 | 11.6 | 62.5 | 26.9 | 21.4 | 66.7 | 39.1 | 25.9 | ... | ... | ... | 10.3 | 1.01 | 4.32 |
| 1950 | 28.1 | 10.9 | 60.1 | 27.4 | 17.2 | 84.9 | 41.7 | 43.2 | ... | ... | 15.1 | 8.6 | 1.01 | 3.65 |
| 51 | 25.3 | 9.9 | 57.5 | 27.5 | 15.4 | 92.2 | 43.0 | 49.3 | ... | ... | 15.3 | 7.9 | 0.97 | 3.26 |
| 52 | 23.4 | 8.9 | 49.4 | 25.4 | 14.4 | 92.3 | 42.8 | 49.5 | ... | ... | 14.3 | 7.9 | 0.92 | 2.98 |
| 53 | 21.5 | 8.9 | 48.9 | 25.5 | 12.6 | 93.8 | 43.5 | 50.2 | ... | ... | 14.3 | 7.8 | 0.86 | 2.69 |
| 54 | 20.0 | 8.2 | 44.6 | 24.1 | 11.9 | 95.6 | 44.6 | 51.1 | ... | ... | 13.7 | 7.9 | 0.87 | 2.48 |
| 55 | 19.4 | 7.8 | 39.8 | 22.3 | 11.6 | 95.8 | 44.5 | 51.3 | ... | ... | 13.1 | 8.0 | 0.84 | 2.37 |
| 56 | 18.4 | 8.0 | 40.6 | 23.0 | 10.4 | 97.1 | 46.9 | 50.1 | ... | ... | 13.5 | 7.9 | 0.80 | 2.22 |
| 57 | 17.2 | 8.3 | 40.0 | 21.6 | 8.9 | 101.2 | 49.9 | 51.3 | ... | ... | 12.5 | 8.5 | 0.79 | 2.04 |
| 58 | 18.0 | 7.4 | 34.5 | 19.5 | 10.5 | 100.7 | 50.2 | 50.5 | ... | ... | 11.6 | 9.0 | 0.80 | 2.11 |
| 59 | 17.5 | 7.4 | 33.7 | 18.6 | 10.1 | 100.6 | 51.3 | 49.3 | ... | ... | 11.3 | 9.1 | 0.78 | 2.04 |
| 1960 | 17.2 | 7.6 | 30.7 | 17.0 | 9.6 | 100.4 | 52.3 | 48.1 | ... | ... | 10.6 | 9.3 | 0.74 | 2.00 |
| 61 | 16.9 | 7.4 | 28.6 | 16.5 | 9.5 | 101.7 | 54.3 | 47.4 | ... | ... | 10.6 | 9.4 | 0.74 | 1.96 |
| 62 | 17.0 | 7.5 | 26.4 | 15.3 | 9.5 | 98.8 | 54.2 | 44.6 | ... | ... | 10.0 | 9.8 | 0.75 | 1.98 |
| 63 | 17.3 | 7.0 | 23.2 | 13.8 | 10.3 | 95.6 | 53.3 | 42.4 | ... | ... | 9.2 | 9.7 | 0.73 | 2.00 |
| 64 | 17.7 | 6.9 | 20.4 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 89.2 | 51.7 | 37.5 | ... | ... | 8.5 | 9.9 | 0.74 | 2.05 |
| 65 | 18.6 | 7.1 | 18.5 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 81.4 | 47.6 | 33.8 | ... | ... | 8.2 | 9.7 | 0.79 | 2.14 |
| 66 | 13.7 | 6.8 | 19.3 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 98.2 | 55.2 | 43.1 | ... | ... | 8.6 | 9.5 | 0.80 | 1.58 |
| 67 | 19.4 | 6.8 | 14.9 | 9.9 | 12.7 | 71.6 | 43.6 | 28.0 | ... | ... | 7.3 | 9.6 | 0.84 | 2.23 |
| 68 | 18.6 | 6.8 | 15.3 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 71.1 | 43.4 | 27.7 | ... | ... | 7.3 | 9.5 | 0.87 | 2.13 |
| 69 | 18.5 | 6.8 | 14.2 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 68.6 | 42.3 | 26.3 | ... | ... | 6.8 | 9.6 | 0.89 | 2.13 |
| 1970 | 18.8 | 6.9 | 13.1 | 8.7 | 11.8 | 65.3 | 40.6 | 24.7 | ... | ... | 6.6 | 10.0 | 0.93 | 2.13 |
| 71 | 19.2 | 6.6 | 12.4 | 8.2 | 12.6 | 61.4 | 39.3 | 22.1 | ... | ... | 6.3 | 10.5 | 0.99 | 2.16 |
| 72 | 19.3 | 6.5 | 11.7 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 57.8 | 37.8 | 20.1 | ... | ... | 6.1 | 10.4 | 1.02 | 2.14 |
| 73 | 19.4 | 6.6 | 11.3 | 7.4 | 12.8 | 52.6 | 35.6 | 17.0 | ... | ... | 5.8 | 9.9 | 1.04 | 2.14 |
| 74 | 18.6 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 7.1 | 12.1 | 51.3 | 34.9 | 16.4 | ... | ... | 5.6 | 9.1 | 1.04 | 2.05 |
| 75 | 17.1 | 6.3 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 10.8 | 50.8 | 33.8 | 17.1 | ... | ... | 5.4 | 8.5 | 1.07 | 1.91 |
| 76 | 16.3 | 6.3 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 10.0 | 52.7 | 33.1 | 19.6 | ... | ... | 5.1 | 7.8 | 1.11 | 1.85 |
| 77 | 15.5 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 51.5 | 32.6 | 18.9 | ... | ... | 4.9 | 7.2 | 1.14 | 1.80 |
| 78 | 14.9 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 8.8 | 48.7 | 31.1 | 17.6 | ... | ... | 4.5 | 6.9 | 1.15 | 1.79 |
| 79 | 14.2 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 47.7 | 29.6 | 18.1 | 21.6 | 17.5 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 1.17 | 1.77 |
| 1980 | 13.6 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 46.8 | 28.8 | 18.0 | 20.2 | 16.4 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 1.22 | 1.75 |
| 81 | 13.0 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 49.2 | 28.8 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 15.9 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 1.32 | 1.74 |
| 82 | 12.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 49.0 | 27.7 | 21.3 | 18.3 | 15.0 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 1.39 | 1.77 |
| 83 | 12.7 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 25.4 | 20.1 | 16.9 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 1.51 | 1.80 |
| 84 | 12.5 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 46.3 | 24.3 | 22.0 | 16.6 | 13.8 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 1.50 | 1.81 |
| 85 | 11.9 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 46.0 | 22.1 | 23.9 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 1.39 | 1.76 |
| 86 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 45.3 | 21.4 | 23.9 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 1.37 | 1.72 |
| 87 | 11.1 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 45.3 | 21.2 | 24.0 | 13.7 | 11.5 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 1.30 | 1.69 |
| 88 | 10.8 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 43.4 | 19.5 | 23.9 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 1.26 | 1.66 |
| 89 | 10.2 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 42.4 | 18.9 | 23.5 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 1.29 | 1.57 |
| 1990 | 10.0 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 42.3 | 18.3 | 23.9 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 1.28 | 1.54 |
| 91 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 39.7 | 17.5 | 22.1 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 1.37 | 1.53 |
| 92 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 38.9 | 17.2 | 21.6 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 1.45 | 1.50 |
| 93 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 36.6 | 16.4 | 20.2 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 1.52 | 1.46 |
| 94 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 33.5 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 1.57 | 1.50 |
| 95 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 32.1 | 14.9 | 17.2 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 1.60 | 1.42 |
| 96 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 31.7 | 14.7 | 17.0 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 1.66 | 1.43 |
| 97 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 32.1 | 14.2 | 17.9 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 1.78 | 1.39 |
| 98 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 31.4 | 13.6 | 17.8 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 1.94 | 1.38 |
| 99 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 31.6 | 13.7 | 17.9 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 2.00 | 1.34 |
| 2000 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 31.2 | 13.2 | 18.1 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 2.10 | 1.36 |
| 01 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 31.0 | 13.0 | 18.0 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 6.4 | 2.27 | 1.33 |
| 02 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 31.1 | 12.7 | 18.3 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 2.30 | 1.32 |
| 03 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 30.5 | 12.6 | 17.8 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 5.9 | 2.25 | 1.29 |
| 04 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 30.0 | 12.5 | 17.5 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 2.15 | 1.29 |
| 05 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | △0.2 | 29.1 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 2.08 | 1.26 |
| 06 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 27.5 | 11.9 | 15.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 2.04 | 1.32 |
| 07 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 | △0.1 | 26.2 | 11.7 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 2.02 | 1.34 |
| 08 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 2.6 | 1.2 | △0.4 | 25.2 | 11.3 | 13.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 1.99 | 1.37 |
| 09 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | △0.6 | 24.6 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 2.01 | 1.37 |
| 2010 | ... | ... | 2.3 | 1.1 | ... | 24.2 | 11.2 | 13.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | ... | ... | ... |
Note;1)Excluding Okinawa prefecture for 1947-1972.
2)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.
3)The sum of the age-specific fertility rates from age 15 to 49 years old.