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People of Japan

Population:127,433,494 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 13.8% (male 9,024,344/female 8,553,700)
15-64 years: 65.2% (male 41,841,760/female 41,253,968)
65 years and over: 21% (male 11,312,492/female 15,447,230) (2007 est.)
Median age:total: 43.5 years
male: 41.7 years
female: 45.3 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:-0.088% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:8.1 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:8.98 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.055 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.014 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.732 male(s)/female
total population: 0.953 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 82.02 years
male: 78.67 years
female: 85.56 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:1.23 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:12,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:500 (2003 est.)
Nationality:noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese
Ethnic groups:Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.7%
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: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%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002)

Japan Quickstats

  • Population: 127,433,494 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 377,835 sq km
  • Density: 337 /km² (30th)
  • GDP (total): $4.220 trillion² (3rd)
  • GDP (per capita): $33,100² (12th)
  • Literacy: 99%

Languages of Japan

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  • Currency: Yen
  • Dial code: +81

International Trade

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Japan Internet

  • Usage: 78,050,000
  • Penetration: 60.9 %
  • Top Domain: .ja

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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