Japan People:
Population:
127,417,244 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.3% (male:9,328,584; female:8,866,772)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male:42,462,533; female:41,942,835)
65 years and over: 19.5% (male:10,435,284; female:14,381,236) (2005)
Median age:
total: 42.64 years
male: 40.87 years
female: 44.44 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.05% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
9.47 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
8.95 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 3.26 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 3.52 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 2.99 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 81.15 years (2005 est.)
male: 77.86 years
female: 84.61 years
Total fertility rate:
1.39 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
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) (2004)
note: Up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil
Religions:
Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other (including Christian 0.7%) 16%
Languages:
Japanese
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002)
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