| Population: |
126,771,662 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
14.64% (male 9,510,296; female 9,043,074)
15-64 years:
67.83% (male 43,202,513; female 42,790,187)
65 years and over:
17.53% (male 9,351,340; female 12,874,252) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.17% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
10.04 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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 (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
3.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
80.8 years
male:
77.62 years
female:
84.15 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.41 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.02% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
10,000 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
150 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Japanese
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| Ethnic groups: |
Japanese 99.4%, Korean 0.6% (1999)
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| Religions: |
observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99% (1970 est.)
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
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