Japan said its population has seen the slowest growth since 1920.
The government said in its census report issued today that Japan’s population stood at 128.05 million as of October 2010, up 0.2 per cent from the previous census in 2005. The government said the figure marked the slowest population growth since Japan began a census in 1920.
It attributed the weak growth to the nation’s extremely low birthrates.
Japan is the world’s 10th most populated country.