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the people of japan population: 126,451,398,               including foreign immigrants              Chinese, and Other age structure:              0–14 years: 12.84%               (16,236,665)              15–24 years: 9.64%               (12,195,989)               25–54 years: 37.5%               (47,416,104)              55–64 years: 12.15%                (15,357,581)              65 years and over: 27.87%               (35,245,068) population Growth rate:              –0.21% death rate:              9.8 deaths/1,000 pop. migration rate:              0.0 migrant(s)/1,000 pop. infant mortality rate:              2 deaths/1,000 live births life expectancy at birth:              total population: 81.8 years              male: 81.9 years              female: 88.8 years total fertility rate:              1.41 children born/woman religions:              Shintoism 79.2%, Buddhism              66.8%, Christianity 1.5%, Other 

ethnic Groups : Japanese, Korean,

             7.1% languages:

             Japanese literacy rate:              99%                    Source: www.cia.gov 2017

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