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Population: |
127,417,244 (July 2005 est.)
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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 est.)
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Median age: |
total: 42.64 years
male: 40.87 years
female: 44.44 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
0.05% (2005 est.)
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Birth rate: |
9.47 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate: |
8.95 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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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: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 3.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 81.15 years
male: 77.86 years
female: 84.61 years (2005 est.)
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Total fertility rate: |
1.39 children born/woman (2005 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - 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 99%, others 1% (Korean 511,262, Chinese 244,241, Brazilian 182,232, Filipino 89,851, other 237,914)
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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