| People | Japan |
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Population:
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127,078,679 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 66% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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340 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 13.5% (male 8,804,465/female 8,344,800)
15-64 years: 64.3% (male 41,187,425/female 40,533,876)
65 years and over: 22.2% (male 11,964,694/female 16,243,419) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 44.2 years
male: 42.4 years
female: 46.1 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.191% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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7.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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9.26 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 82.12 years
male: 78.8 years
female: 85.62 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.21 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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9,600 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese |
Ethnic groups:
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Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004) |
Religions:
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Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8%
note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people belong to both Shintoism and Buddhism (2005) |
Languages:
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Japanese |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.5% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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void |
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