ISSA
Promoting and Developing Social Security Worldwide.
Japan
Total population (m.):  127
GDP per capita (USD):  38455
Total population (million):
127

Percentage 65 or older:
22.6

Dependency ratio (a):
55.7

Life expectancy at birth (years) - Men:
80.1

Life expectancy at birth (years) - Women:
87.2

Statutory pensionable age - Men:
65

Statutory pensionable age - Women:
65

Early pensionable age - Men (b):
60

Early pensionable age - Women (b):
60

GDP per capita (USD):
38455

SOURCES: United Nations Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. World Population Prospects : The 2004 Revision Population Database , available at http://esa.un.org/unpp (2005);
Human Development Report 2006, prepared for the United Nations Development Programme (Gordonsville VA: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006);
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook, 2006 (Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2006).

NOTES: Footnotes c, d, and e apply to certain scheme descriptions.
GDP = gross domestic product.
a. Population aged 14 or younger plus population aged 65 or older, divided by population aged 15-64.
b. General early pensionable age only; excludes early pensionable ages for specific groups of employees.
c. The country has no early pensionable age, has one only for specific groups, or information is not available.
d. Regardless of age but subject to other requirements.
e. No mandatory old-age pension system.

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