People Of Japan

Population	127,333,002 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 14.3% (male 9,337,867; female 8,876,996) 15-64 years: 66.7% (male 42,697,264; female 42,196,835) 65 years and over: 19% (male 10,169,190; female 14,054,850) (2004 est.)
Median age	total: 42.3 years male: 40.5 years female: 44.1 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate	0.08% (2004 est.)
Birth rate	9.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate	8.75 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio	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 (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 3.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 81.04 years male: 77.74 years female: 84.51 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.38 children born/woman (2004 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 99%, others 1% (Korean 511,262, Chinese 244,241, Brazilian 182,232, Filipino 89,851, other 237,914) 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	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Japan

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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