Japan People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
124,214,766 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Japanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Japanese
Ethnic groups
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
major-language sample(s):
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Religions
Shintoism 70.5%, Buddhism 67.2%, Christianity 1.5%, other 5.9% (2019 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: 71.1
youth dependency ratio: 20.1
elderly dependency ratio: 51
potential support ratio: 2 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 48.6 years
male: 47.2 years
female: 50 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
-0.39% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
6.95 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
11.59 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
0.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 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: 92% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: -0.25% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
37.274 million TOKYO (capital), 19.060 million Osaka, 9.572 million Nagoya, 5.503 million Kitakyushu-Fukuoka, 2.935 million Shizuoka-Hamamatsu, 2.669 million Sapporo (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
30.7 years (2018 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 1.9 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 1.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 84.83 years
male: 81.92 years
female: 87.9 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.38 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
39.8% (2015)
note: percent of women aged 20-49
Drinking water source
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 99.1% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
10.7% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
2.48 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density
13 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 99.9% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
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 9 December 2022, Japan has reported a total of 25,687,798 cases of COVID-19 or 20,310.33 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 51,062 cumulative deaths or a rate of 40.37 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 8 December 2022, 84.27% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
4.3% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 8.36 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 1.35 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.29 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1.63 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 5.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 20.1% (2020 est.)
male: 30.1% (2020 est.)
female: 10% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2019)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 4.6%
male: 5.1%
female: 4.2% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Japan on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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