In 3011 Japan will no longer have children?
Japanese researchers on May 11 announced a population meter, which suggests that people in the country could theoretically become extinct within 1,000 years due to declining fertility rates.
According to researchers in Sendai (northern Japan), the number of children aged 14 in Japan is currently 16.6 million, but is declining at the rate of one child per 100 seconds.
Japan is currently one of the world's oldest population
From this fact they use extrapolation and come to the conclusion that Japan will no longer have children in the next 1,000 years.
'If this rate of decline continues, we may have to pick up Children's Day in 3011 with just one child. But 100 seconds later there will be no children, "said Hiroshi Yoshida, a professor of economics at Tohoku University.
Yoshida said he created this population meter to call for 'urgent' discussions on the issue of a sharp drop in fertility in Japan.
Earlier this year, another study predicted that in the next century, Japan's population will be reduced to only 1/3 of the current 127.7 million people.
According to the Japanese government's forecast, in the next 50 years, the birth rate in this country will be only 1.35 / woman. Meanwhile, the average life expectancy of people is expected to increase to 90.93 years in 2060 in women and 84.19 in men.
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