| Population : |
127,333,002 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 14.3% (male 9,337,867; female 8,876,996)
15-64 years: 66.7% (male 42,697,264; female 42,196,835)
65 years and over: 19% (male 10,169,190; female 14,054,850) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.08% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
9.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
8.75 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex Ratio : |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 3.28 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 81.04 years
male: 77.74 years
female: 84.51 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.38 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
12,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
500 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese |
| Ethnic Groups : |
Japanese 99%, others 1% (Korean 511,262, Chinese 244,241, Brazilian 182,232, Filipino 89,851, other 237,914)
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 : |
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) |
| Languages : |
Japanese |
| Literacy : |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002) |
