!!!Japan: People & Society ||Population|126,702,133 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Japanese (singular and plural) \\ ''adjective'': Japanese \\ ||Ethnic groups|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) \\ ||Languages|Japanese ||Religions|Shintoism 79.2%, Buddhism 66.8%, Christianity 1.5%, other 7.1% \\ ''__note__'': total adherents exceeds 100% because many people practice both Shintoism and Buddhism (2012 est.) \\ ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 12.97% (male 8,472,869/female 7,963,782) \\ ''15-24 years'': 9.67% (male 6,436,935/female 5,813,222) \\ ''25-54 years'': 37.68% (male 23,593,194/female 24,145,406) \\ ''55-64 years'': 12.4% (male 7,867,611/female 7,840,141) \\ ''65 years and over'': 27.28% (male 15,080,738/female 19,488,235) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 64.5% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 21.1% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 43.3% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 2.3% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 46.9 years \\ ''male'': 45.6 years \\ ''female'': 48.3 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|-0.19% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|7.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 93.5% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 0.56% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|TOKYO (capital) 38.001 million; Osaka-Kobe 20.238 million; Nagoya 9.406 million; Kitakyushu-Fukuoka 5.51 million; Shizuoka-Hamamatsu 3.369 million; Sapporo 2.571 million (2015) ||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'': 0.77 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.94 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|30.3 (2012 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|5 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 2.3 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 1.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 85 years \\ ''male'': 81.7 years \\ ''female'': 88.5 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.41 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|54.3% \\ ''__note__'': percent of women aged 20-49 (2005) \\ ||Health expenditures|10.2% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|2.3 physicians/1,000 population (2010) ||Hospital bed density|13.7 beds/1,000 population (2009) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 100% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 100% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 100% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 100% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|3.5% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|3.4% (2010) ||Education expenditures|3.8% of GDP (2014) ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 15 years \\ ''male'': 15 years \\ ''female'': 15 years (2013) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 5.9% \\ ''male'': 6.4% \\ ''female'': 5.4% (2014 est.) \\