My World Factbook
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Note: Most information adapted from the popular World Factbook is distributed between the websites GeoWorld (geography, people, communications & transportation), Politix (government) and Great Depression II (economy).
People
126,804,433 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
10
0-14 years: 13.5% (male 8,804,465/female 8,344,800)
15-64 years: 64.3% (male 41,187,425/female 40,533,876)
65 years and over: 22.2% (male 11,964,694/female 16,243,419) (2010 est.)
total: 44.6 years
male: 42.9 years
female: 46.5 years (2010 est.)
-0.242% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 215
7.41 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 222
9.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 96
urban population: 66% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.056 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 219
male: 2.98 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 82.17 years
country comparison to the world: 5
male: 78.87 years
female: 85.66 years (2010 est.)
1.2 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 220
less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
9,600 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 107
fewer than 100 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese
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)
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)
Japanese
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002)
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2008)
3.7% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 126
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