Country profile · JPN
Japan
Region · High-income economies Population · 124.4M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 0.2%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 4 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 1.21
- Expected years of schooling
- 15.5 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 63%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 29% / 10%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.32
- Urban population
- 92%
- Employment in agriculture
- 3%
- Internet use
- 85%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.02%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.2 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 2.6 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 11%
- Women married before age 18
- 1%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 6.06
Religion
- No religion57%
- Buddhism36%
- Folk and traditional beliefs5%
- Christianity2%
Major cities
- Tokyo
- Osaka
- Nagoya
- Fukuoka
- Sapporo
Common hazards
- Earthquakes
- Storms and typhoons
Common migration destinations
- the United States