Source: The World Factbook
| Population (million) | 126.48 [2011] |
| Urban population (%) | 67.00 [2010] |
| Labor force (million) | 65.700 [2010] |
| ICT sector workforce (million) | |
| Median age (years) | 44.8 [2011] |
| GDP (PPP) USD billion | 4,338.00 [2010] |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) USD | 34,200 [2010] |
| Exchange rates (1 USD = ) | 87.780 yen (JPY) [2010] |
| Electricity - consumption (billion kWh) | 858.5 [2009] |
| Telecommunication services revenue | |
| Trade in ICT goods | |
| ICT industry Revenue | |
| ICT investment | |
| R&D expenditure by ICT industries | |
| Telephones - main lines (million) | 44.364 [2009] |
| Telephones - mobile cellular (million) | 114.917 [2009] |
| Internet hosts (million) | 54.846 [2010] |
| Internet users (million) | 99.182 [2009] |
| Broadband Users (million) | |
| Fixed Internet subscribers (million) | |
| Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million) | 140.766 [2009] |
| Business use of broadband | |
| Personal Computers (million) | |
| Households with a home computer (million) |
| Area (sq km) | 377,915 |
| Climate | varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north |
| Ethnic groups | Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6% |
| Religions | Shintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8% |
Source: The World Factbook