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Demographics
Home » Japan » Japan - People and Culture » DemographicsAll data as of July 2006 unless otherwise noted
Population: 127,463,611
Age structure:
• 0-14 years: 14.2% (male 9,309,524/female 8,849,476)
• 15-64 years: 65.7% (male 42,158,122/female 41,611,754)
• 65 years and over: 20% (male 10,762,585/female 14,772,150)
Median ages:
• Total: 42.9 years
• Male: 41.1 years
• Female: 44.7 years
Population growth rate: 0.02%
Birth rate: 9.37 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 9.16 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
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: 0.73 male(s)/female
• Total population: 0.95 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate:
• Total: 3.24 deaths/1,000 live births
• Male: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births
• Female: 2.97 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
• Total population: 81.25 years
• Male: 77.96 years
• Female: 84.7 years
Ethnic groups:
• Japanese 99%
• Others 1% (Korean 511,262, Chinese 244,241, Brazilian 182,232, Filipino 89,851, other 237,914)
Religions:
• Observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%
• Other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Literacy:
• Total population: 99%
• Male: 99%
• Female: 99% (2002)
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