幽ゆう霊れい人じん口こう

noun

ghost population; fictitious population

Refers to people who are registered as residents but do not actually live in the area, often to inflate census figures or claim benefits.

• その村むらでは幽ゆう霊れい人じん口こうが問もん題だいになっている。

  The village has a problem with ghost population.

• 幽ゆう霊れい人じん口こうを調ちょう査さするために、実じっ際さいに住すんでいる人ひとの数かずを確かく認にんした。

  To investigate the ghost population, they checked the number of people actually living there.