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) |