| Population | 127,433,494 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 13.8% (male 9,024,344/female 8,553,700)
15-64 years: 65.2% (male 41,841,760/female 41,253,968)
65 years and over: 21% (male 11,312,492/female 15,447,230) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 43.5 years
male: 41.7 years
female: 45.3 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | -0.088% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 8.1 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 8.98 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.055 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.014 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.732 male(s)/female
total population: 0.953 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.02 years
male: 78.67 years
female: 85.56 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 1.23 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 12,000 (2003 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 500 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese |
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| Ethnic groups | Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.7%
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) |
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| Religions | observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) |
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| Languages | Japanese |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002) |
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