Japan Index

Japan People - 2021

SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Nationality

noun: Japanese (singular and plural)

adjective: Japanese

Japanese 97.9%, Chinese 0.6%, Korean 0.4%, other 1.1% (includes Vietnamese, Filipino, and Brazilian) (2017 est.)

note: data represent population by nationality; up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil

Languages

Japanese

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Religions

Shintoism 69%, Buddhism 66.7%, Christianity 1.5%, other 6.2% (2018 est.)

note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people practice both Shintoism and Buddhism

Age structure

0-14 years: 12.49% (male 8,047,183/female 7,623,767)

15-24 years: 9.47% (male 6,254,352/female 5,635,377)

25-54 years: 36.8% (male 22,867,385/female 23,317,140)

55-64 years: 12.06% (male 7,564,067/female 7,570,732)

65 years and over: 29.18% (male 16,034,973/female 20,592,496) (2020 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 69

youth dependency ratio: 21

elderly dependency ratio: 48

potential support ratio: 2.1 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 48.6 years

male: 47.2 years

female: 50 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.37% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

7 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

11.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Population distribution

all primary and secondary regions of high population density lie on the coast; one-third of the population resides in and around Tokyo on the central plain (Kanto Plain)

Urbanization

urban population: 91.9% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: -0.25% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

37.340 million TOKYO (capital), 19.111 million Osaka, 9.566 million Nagoya, 5.516 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.930 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.670 million Sapporo (2021)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.11 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female

total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

30.7 years (2018 est.)

Maternal mortality rate

5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 1.92 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 2.02 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 1.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 84.65 years

male: 81.73 years

female: 87.74 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.38 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

39.8% (2015)

note: percent of women aged 20-49

Drinking water source

improved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

11% (2018)

Physicians density

2.41 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

Hospital bed density

13.1 beds/1,000 population (2017)

Sanitation facility access

improved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

<.1 est.>

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

30,000 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children

HIV/AIDS - deaths

note: estimate does not include children

Major infectious diseases

respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (see note) (2020)

note: clusters of cases of respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Japan; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 19 July 2021, Japan has reported a total of 844,014 cases of COVID-19 or 667.33 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 11.91 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 34.41% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

4.3% (2016)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

3.4% (2010)

Education expenditures

3.2% of GDP (2017)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2016)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 3.8%

male: 3.9%

female: 3.7% (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Japan on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.