Japan

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 billion4,338.00 [2010]
GDP - per capita (PPP) USD34,200 [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
Climatevaries from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Ethnic groupsJapanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
ReligionsShintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8%

Note: PPP - Purchasing Power Parity;
Source: The World Factbook; UNCTAD; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION;


Source: The World Factbook