Population: 124,017,137 (July 1991), growth rate 0.4% (1991)

Birth rate: 10 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 4 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 76 years male, 82 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Japanese (sing., pl.); adjective--Japanese

Ethnic divisions: Japanese 99.4%, other (mostly Korean) 0.6%

Religion: most Japanese observe both Shinto and Buddhist rites so the percentages add to more than 100%--Shinto 95.8%, Buddhist 76.3%, Christian 1.4%, other 12% (1985)

Language: Japanese

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)

Labor force: 63,330,000; trade and services 54%; manufacturing, mining, and construction 33%; agriculture, forestry, and fishing 7%; government 3% (1988)

Organized labor: about 29% of employed workers; public service 76.4%, transportation and telecommunications 57.9%, mining 48.7%, manufacturing 33.7%, services 18.2%, wholesale, retail, and restaurant 9.3%

NOTE: The information regarding Japan on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.