子どもの人口、３９年連続減　１５１２万人で最少更新―総務省

　総務省が「こどもの日」に合わせて４日発表した１５歳未満の子どもの推計人口（４月１日現在）は、前年より２０万人少ない１５１２万人で、３９年連続の減少となった。比較可能な１９５０年以降、過去最少を更新。都道府県で子どもの人口が増えたのは東京のみで、少子化の進行が改めて鮮明になった。
　内訳は男子が７７４万人、女子が７３８万人。総人口に占める子どもの割合は１２．０％で、４６年連続で低下した。
　３歳ごとの年齢区分では、１２～１４歳が３２１万人で最も多かった。年齢が低いほど少なくなり、９～１１歳が３１８万人、６～８歳が３０４万人、３～５歳が２９３万人、０～２歳が２７５万人だった。
　都道府県別の子どもの人口（２０１９年１０月１日現在）を見ると、東京が前年比３０００人増の１５５万３０００人。他に１００万人を超えたのは、神奈川と大阪だった。（2020/05/04-17:14）

The estimated number of children aged under 15 in Japan fell to 15.12 million as of April 1, hitting its lowest level since comparable data became available in 1950, the internal affairs ministry said Monday.
   The figure was down by 200,000 from a year before, marking its 39th straight year of decrease. The ministry released the estimate a day before Children's Day.
   There were 7.74 million boys and 7.38 million girls. The share of children in Japan's total population was 12.0 pct, falling for the 46th straight year.
   By three-year age bracket, the number of children aged 12 to 14 was the largest, at 3.21 million. Those aged nine to 11 totaled 3.18 million, six to eight 3.04 million, three to five 2.93 million and zero to two 2.75 million.
   Tokyo was the only prefecture that posted growth in the number of children as of Oct. 1 last year, with an increase of 3,000 from a year before to 1,553,000.