Japan

Population

The country has a total population of 125,681,593 (1.6% of worldwide)

The average net migration is 99,994 (0.1% of pop)

The population density is around 345 ppl/km²

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Population distribution

The total population is 125,681,593

The male share is 48.6% and female 51.4%

The urban population represent 91.9% and rural 8.1%

Age distribution:

Location

Japan is located in Eastern Asia, Asia

The total country area is 364,500 km² (0.28% of worldwide)

Tokyo is the capital

Cities

There are 755 cities in Japan in our database, they represent 80.82% of the population of the country altogether

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UNESCO sites

There are 23 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Japan:

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Politics

Japan democracy type is: Flawed democracy

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is the political leader of the country

Democracy forecast: protests for more democracy are likely

Parity forecast: at this rate of evolution, parity will be reached in 2233

Political parties

There are 12 parties in our database

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Gender Equality in Parliament

Between 1997 and 2022, the percentage of women in Parliament increased from 4.6% to 9.9%

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Unemployment

Between 1991 and 2022, unemployment in Japan increased from 2.1% to 2.6%

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Self employment

Between 1991 and 2021, self employment in Japan decreased from 21.46% to 9.8%

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GDP Evolution

Between 1960 and 2021, GDP in Japan increased from 44,307,300,000 to 4,940,880,000,000

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The country GDP is 5.2% of worldwide

The GDP per capita is $39,312.68 and the GDP per km² is $13,555,226.34

Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO₂)

Latest: 1,081,570 kt CO₂ / yr (3.2% of worlwide)

Between 1990 and 2019, carbon dioxide emissions decreased from 1,090,530 to 1,081,570 (kt CO₂) in Japan

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Methane (CH₄) Emissions

Between 1990 and 2019, methane emissions decreased from 37,467.4 to 27,382.3 (kt CO_{2 eq}) in Japan

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Renewable Energy

Between 1960 and 2015, electricity renewable production increased from 0% to 7.8% in Japan

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Media

Freedom of the Press: good

Internet access: 83%

Internet Access

Between 1990 and 2021, internet access increased from 0.02% to 82.91% in Japan

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Artists

There are 487 artists in our database for Japan:

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Here are 100 of the most prolific ones:

Health Expenditure % GDP

In Japan, between 2000 and 2020, health expenditure increased from 7% to 10.9% of GDP

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Health Expenditure per Capita

In Japan, between 2000 and 2020, health expenditure per capita increased from 2,756.24 to 4,388.1

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Hospital beds

In Japan, between 1960 and 2018, global hospital beds increased from 9 to 12.98 per 1000 people

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Suicide Rate

In Japan, between 2000 and 2019, suicide rate decreased from 23.9 to 15.3 per 100,000 people

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HIV Incidence

In Japan, we don't have data about HIV Incidence

COVID-19 Situation

Latest total reported figures for Japan

Reported Covid-19 deaths, Japan

There have been a total of 72,997 deaths related to COVID-19 in Japan, 80 yesterday and 416 in the last 7 days (-20.31%)

The chart below shows a rolling 7-day average, and includes all corrections made by countries in the past

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Reported Covid-19 cases, Japan

There have been a total 33,320,438 cases related to COVID-19 in Japan, 9,834 yesterday and 67,752 in the last 7 days (-14.6%)

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In literature

There are 4324 books about Japan in our database:

Military Expenditure

Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP decreased from 1.1% to 1.1% between 1960 and 2021 in Japan

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Armed forces

Armed forces increased from 243,000 to 261,000 between 1985 and 2019 in Japan

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Universities

There are 119 universities in Japan in our database

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