<span style="color: #222222;">Japan's population logged the steepest fall on record, dropping by 644,000 to just over 125.5 million in 2021, according to Japan government statistics.<br />''<br />''It declined for the 11th consecutive year and the drop was the biggest since comparable data became available in 1950, said the ministry.<br />''<br />''The number of Japanese nationals stood at 12 crore 27 lakhs 80,000, a drop of six lakh 18,000 compared to a year earlier. The country logged 8 lakh 31,000 births in 2021, outpaced by over 14 lakh deaths during the same period.<br />''<br />''The working population, or people aged from 15 to 64, decreased by 5 lakh 84,000 hitting a record low.</span><br />