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<text>
<title>
Japan: People
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Japan
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 124,711,551 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 0.32% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 10.31 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 7.17 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 79.18 years</l>
<l> male: 76.35 years</l>
<l> female: 82.15 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 1.54 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Japanese (singular and plural)</l>
<l> adjective: Japanese</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Japanese 99.4%, other 0.6% (mostly Korean)
</p>
<p>Religions: Shinto 95.8%, Buddhist 76.3%, Christian 1.4%, other 12%
</p>
<p>note: most Japanese observe both Shinto and Buddhist rites so the
percentages add to more than 100%
</p>
<p>Languages: Japanese
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1970)</l>
<l> total population: 99%</l>
<l> male: NA%</l>
<l> female: NA%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 63.33 million
</p>
<p> by occupation: trade and services 54%, manufacturing, mining, and
construction 33%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 7%, government
3% (1988)
</p></body></article></text>