Japan: People

Population

127,333,002 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.3% (male 9,337,867; female 8,876,996)
15-64 years: 66.7% (male 42,697,264; female 42,196,835)
65 years and over: 19% (male 10,169,190; female 14,054,850) (2004 est.)

Median age

total: 42.3 years
male: 40.5 years
female: 44.1 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate

0.08% (2004 est.)

Birth rate

9.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Death rate

8.75 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

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: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 81.04 years
male: 77.74 years
female: 84.51 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.38 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

12,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

430 (2001 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)
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

observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)

Languages

Japanese

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1995 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%