Japan Demographics Profile 2013

Population

127,368,088 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.5% (male 8,927,803/female 8,268,937)
15-24 years: 9.8% (male 6,385,033/female 6,046,609)
25-54 years: 38.5% (male 24,299,387/female 24,686,224)
55-64 years: 14.4% (male 9,166,111/female 9,177,111)
65 years and over: 23.9% (male 13,097,558/female 17,313,315) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 45.4 years
male: 44.1 years
female: 46.9 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.077% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

8.39 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

9.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 67% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

TOKYO (capital) 36.507 million; Osaka-Kobe 11.325 million; Nagoya 3.257 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.809 million; Sapporo 2.673 million (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 2.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.44 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 1.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 83.91 years
male: 80.57 years
female: 87.43 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.39 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

less than 0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

8,100 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

Nationality

noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese

Ethnic groups

Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
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

Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8%
note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people belong to both Shintoism and Buddhism (2005)

Languages

Japanese

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2008)

Education expenditures

3.5% of GDP (2007)

Maternal mortality rate

5 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Health expenditures

9.3% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

2.063 physicians/1,000 population (2006)

Hospital bed density

13.75 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

3.1% (2000)