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02: Population

post date : 2013.08.28

 

<Links to the latest information>
Latest population, population by age group, and population of major cities
Go to "Japan Monthly Statistics," Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

 

Population estimates
Go to "Population Estimates," Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

 

Figures on births, deaths, marriage and divorce
Go to "Summary of Vital Statistics", Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

 

Household Structure
Go to "Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions," Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare

 

International comparison on population, births and deaths
Go to "Demographic Yearbook", United Nations Statistics Division
Go to "State of World Population", United Nations Population Fund

 

Number of Japanese living overseas by region
Go to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japanese)

 

Number of foreign residents in Japan by nationality
Go to “Annual Report of Statistics on Legal Migrants”, Immigration Bureau of Japan (Japanese)

 

Figures on suicides
Go to “Jisatsu no gaiyo shiryo”, National Police Agency (Japanese)

 

Asylum applications and refugees status determination by country
Go to “Statistical Yearbook”, The UN Refugee Agency

 

 

<Other useful information sources>
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare
The UN Refugee Agency
National Police Agency
Immigration Bureau of Japan
United Nations Statistics Division
United Nations Population Fund

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