| Population | 124,687,293 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Japanese (singular and plural) adjective: Japanese |
| Ethnic groups | Japanese 97.9%, Chinese 0.6%, Korean 0.4%, other 1.1% (includes Vietnamese, Filipino, and Brazilian) (2017 est.) note: data represent population by nationality; up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil |
| Languages | Japanese major-language sample(s): ?????????????????·???????(Japanese) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Shintoism 69%, Buddhism 66.7%, Christianity 1.5%, other 6.2% (2018 est.) note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people practice both Shintoism and Buddhism |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 12.49% (male 8,047,183/female 7,623,767) 15-24 years: 9.47% (male 6,254,352/female 5,635,377) 25-54 years: 36.8% (male 22,867,385/female 23,317,140) 55-64 years: 12.06% (male 7,564,067/female 7,570,732) 65 years and over: 29.18% (male 16,034,973/female 20,592,496) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 69 youth dependency ratio: 21 elderly dependency ratio: 48 potential support ratio: 2.1 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 48.6 years male: 47.2 years female: 50 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.37% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 7 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 11.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | all primary and secondary regions of high population density lie on the coast; one-third of the population resides in and around Tokyo on the central plain (Kanto Plain) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 91.9% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: -0.25% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 37.340 million TOKYO (capital), 19.111 million Osaka, 9.566 million Nagoya, 5.516 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.930 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.670 million Sapporo (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 30.7 years (2018 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 1.92 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 1.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 84.65 years male: 81.73 years female: 87.74 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.38 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 39.8% (2015) note: percent of women aged 20-49 |
| Drinking water source | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 11% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.41 physicians/1,000 population (2016) |
| Hospital bed density | 13.1 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 30,000 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| Major infectious diseases | respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (see note) (2020) note: clusters of cases of respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Japan; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 19 July 2021, Japan has reported a total of 844,014 cases of COVID-19 or 667.33 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 11.91 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 34.41% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 4.3% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 3.4% (2010) |
| Education expenditures | 3.2% of GDP (2017) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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