The number of children born in Japan dropped to a record low last year, due to more and more people delayed marriage in the context of global pandemic.

The Ministry of Health of Japan on June 4 said the number of births fell to 840,832 by 2020, down 2.8% compared to a year earlier and the lowest level since they began statistics in 1899.

The father raised the baby at the Park in the outskirts of Tokyo 2016. Photo: AFP.

Pandemic Covid-19 has affected the number of births around the world, including the US, despite the initial speculation that blockade orders can lead to a global infant boom.

The number of married registration in Japan has decreased by 12.3% last year to 525,490, the post-war record low number.

Japan has struggled to cope with the demographic crisis lasted for many years, when the birth rate continued to decline, raising concerns about the old population and the labor force narrowed.