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Population: 127,000,000(2008)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 15% (male 9 802 921; female 9 342 254)
15-64 years: 69% (male 43 486 840; female 43 135 979)
65 years and over: 16% (male 8 388 242; female 11 775 297) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.2% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 10.26 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 7.94 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.36 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 4.1 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 80 years
male: 76.91 years
female: 83.25 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.46 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese
Ethnic groups: Japanese 99.4% other 0.6% (mostly Korean)
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%
