Population:
127,078,679 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure:
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:
total: 44.2 years
male:
42.4 years
female:
46.1 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.191% (2009 est.)
Birth rate:
7.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate:
9.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Net migration rate:
NA (2009 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 66% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization:
0.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio:
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:
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:
total population: 82.12 years
male:
78.8 years
female:
85.62 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.21 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
9,600 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 100 (2007 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Japanese
Ethnic groups:
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:
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:
Japanese
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99%
male:
99%
female:
99% (2002)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 15 years
male:
15 years
female:
15 years (2006)
Education expenditures:
3.5% of GDP (2005)
