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125 years? So has it ever been lower or it wasn't tracked?

if you bothered to read past the title:

> The 2024 figure is a 5 per cent drop from the previous year and the lowest since records began during Japan’s Meiji era in 1899.

We'd love to read past the title, but sadly FT is paywalled.

Is it?

Article shows up fine for myself. Maybe because my browser scrubs cookies and always looks like a first time site visitor, maybe not locked for Australasian IP's. Dunno - never had an issue reading the FT though.

All the same - https://archive.md/yBCh0

Probably an IP thing then, all I see after the header is "Subscribe to unlock this article" and various rates/durations.

Yes, FT is paywalled by default.

It's total births, not birth rate. 125 years ago, the population was smaller, but the birth rate higher.

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