Abstract
Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the change trends in the educational contents of low birth rate and population aging in Middle School textbooks of social studies with the revision of subject curriculum.
 Methods First, quantitative changes of educational contents such as the number of units, activities, and pages dealing with the contents of low birth rate and population aging were analyzed, and second, qualitative changes of educational contents regarding low birth rate and population aging were analyzed.
 Results First, as the curriculum was revised repeatedly, the number of units, activities, and pages dealing with the educational contents of low birth rate and population aging increased significantly. Second, the educational content of low birth rate and population aging has changed from the presentation of fragmentary backgrounds, causes, or abstract countermeasures to the presentation of systematic explanations including various causes and economic, social and cultural measures.
 Conclusions it is still problematic whether educational contents of low birth rate and population aging account for an appropriate portion of the entire textbook, and it needs to be studied further whether all the relevant causes and solutions are sufficiently dealt with in the school textbooks.
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