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Japan Facts and Figures

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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

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%
industry: 25.3%
services: 73.1% (2006 est.)
Labor Force:
66.44 million (2006 est.)
Labor Force by Occupation:     
agriculture: 4.6%
industry: 27.8%
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)

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