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