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Country Name: |
Japan |
Government: |
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government |
Capital: |
Tokyo |
Land: |
374,744 sq km |
Natural resources: |
Negligible mineral resources, fish
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Population: |
127,433,494 (July 2007 est.) |
Median age: |
43.5 years |
Population growth rate: |
-0.088% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate: |
8.1 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Adult Literacy: |
99% |
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity): |
$4.218 trillion (2006 est.) |
GDP (Official Exchange Rate): |
$4.883 trillion (2006 est.) |
GDP – Real Growth Rate: |
2.2% (2006 est.) |
GDP – Per Capita (PPP): |
$33,100 (2006 est.) |
GDP – Composition by Sector: |
agriculture: 1.6% |
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industry: 25.3% |
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services: 73.1% (2006 est.) |
| Labor Force: |
66.44 million (2006 est.) |
Labor Force by Occupation: |
agriculture: 4.6% |
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industry: 27.8% |
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services: 67.7% (2004) |
| Unemployment Rate: |
4.1% (2006 est.) |
| Electricity Production: |
1.025 trillion kWh (2005) |
Electricity Consumption: |
974.2 billion kWh (2005) |
Oil Production: |
125,000 bbl/day (2006) |
Oil Consumption: |
5.578 million bbl/day (2005) |
Natural Gas Production: |
4.85 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural Gas Consumption: |
83.67 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Exports: |
$615.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Imports: |
$534.5 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Telephone Lines: |
55.155 million (2006) |
Cellular Telephones: |
101.7 million (2006) |
Radio Broadcast Stations: |
AM 215 (plus 370 repeaters)
FM 89 (plus 485 repeaters), shortwave 21 (2001) |
TV Broadcast Stations: |
211 (plus 7,341 repeaters) |
Internet Hosts: |
33.333 million (2007) |
Internet Users: |
87.54 million (2006) |
