Demographics of Japan
This article is about the demographic features of the population ofJapan, including po[pulation density, etchnity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Birth and death rates of Japan since 1950
As of June 2008, Japan's Population is around 127.7 million.Making it the world's tenth most populatedcountry. Its size can be attributed to fast growth rates experienced during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
However more recently Japan has been experiencing net population loss, due to falling birth rates and almost no net immigration, despite having one of the highest life expentaciesin the world, at 81.25 years of age as of 2006
Japan is also noted for its ethnicallyand linguistically homogeneous population and strict laws regarding immigration.

Birth rate
In February 2007, demographers and the Japanese government announced the first significant rise in the national birth rate in 40 years took place in 2006. The nation had an estimated 33, 500 new births that year, a sign of a small but suitable rise in the Japanese population.

Factors affecting birth rate
>Pro-natalist policies and Antinatalist policies from government
>Existing age-sex sturcture>Availability of family planning services
>Social and religious beliefs - especially in relation to contraception and abortion >Female literacy levels
>Economic prosperity (although in theory when the economy is doing well families can afford to have more children, in practice the higher the economic prosperity the lower the birth rate).
>Poverty levels – Children can be seen as an economic resource in developing countries as they can earn money.
>Infant MortalityRate – A family may have more children if a country's IMR is high as it is likely some of those children will die.
>Urbanization
>Typical age of marriage
>Pension availability
>Conflict

Factors affecting a given death rate
>Age of country's population
>Nutrition levels
>Standards of diet and housing
>Access to clean drinking water
>Hygiene levels
>Levels of infectious diseases
>Social factors such as conflicts and levels of violent crime
>Amount and quality of health care available