Japan Population

Japan Population

126,974,628 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.5% (male 9,465,282; female 8,999,888)
15-64 years: 67.5% (male 43,027,320; female 42,586,112)
65 years and over: 18% (male 9,664,112; female 13,231,914) (2002 est.)

Japan Population growth rate

0.15% (2002 est.)

Birth rate

10.03 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate

8.53 deaths/1,000 population (2002 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: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate

3.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 80.91 years
female: 84.25 years (2002 est.)
male: 77.73 years

Total fertility rate

1.42 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.02% (1999 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) (2000)

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% (1970 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%