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Population:
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126,549,976
(July 2000 est.) |
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Age
Structure:
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0-14
years: 15% (male 9,575,637; female 9,105,713)
15-64 years: 68% (male 43,363,054; female 42,980,253)
65 years and over: 17% (male 9,024,015; female 12,501,304)
(2000 est.) |
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Population
Growth Rate:
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0.18%
(2000 est.) |
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Birth
Rate:
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9.96
births/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Death
Rate:
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8.15
deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Net
Migration Rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Sex
Ratio:
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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 (2000 est.) |
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Infant
Mortality Rate:
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3.91
deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) |
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Life
Expectancy at Birth:
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total
population: 80.7 years
male: 77.51 years
female: 84.05 years (2000 est.) |
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Total
Fertility Rate:
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1.41
children born/woman (2000 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese |
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Ethnic
Groups:
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Japanese
99.4%, other 0.6% (mostly Korean) |
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Religions:
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observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian
0.7%) |
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Languages:
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Japanese
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Literacy:
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definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1970 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA% |
