Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Bengali (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Indonesian (secondary) · Japanese (secondary) · Japanese Sign Language (secondary) · Khmer (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Malay (secondary) · Nepali (secondary) · Portuguese (secondary) · Portuguese (Brazilian) (secondary) · Russian (secondary) · Russian (Pre-1918) (secondary) · Spanish (secondary) · Thai (secondary) · Urdu (secondary) · Urdu (Latin translit.) (secondary) · Vietnamese (secondary) · Wu Chinese (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Japan

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Japanese	117111000	Japanese	Buddhism
Okinawan, Ryukyuan	1145000	Okinawan, Central	Ethnic Religions
Burakumin	859000	Japanese	Buddhism
Vietnamese	597000	Vietnamese	Buddhism
Han Chinese, Mandarin	531000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Filipino, Tagalog	330000	Tagalog	Christianity
Japanese, Brazilian	211000	Portuguese	Christianity
Indonesian	173000	Indonesian	Islam
Deaf	125000	Japanese Sign Language	Unknown
Eurasian	122000	Japanese	Buddhism
Burmese	109000	Burmese	Buddhism
Peruvian	105000	Spanish	Christianity
Han Chinese, Min Nan	72000	Chinese, Min Nan	Ethnic Religions
Punjabi	68000	Punjabi, Eastern	Islam
Miyako, Ryukyuan	64000	Miyako	Buddhism
Sinhalese, general	56000	Sinhala	Buddhism
Americans, U.S.	49000	English	Christianity
Judeo-Japanese	49000	Japanese	Ethnic Religions
Yaeyama	45000	Yaeyama	Buddhism
Korean	41000	Korean	Christianity
Han Chinese, Cantonese	35000	Chinese, Yue	Ethnic Religions
South Asian, Bengali-speaking	31000	Bengali	Islam
Urdu	27000	Urdu	Islam
Khmer	24000	Khmer	Buddhism
British	22000	English	Christianity
Nepali, general	21000	Nepali	Hinduism
Mongol, Khalka	19000	Mongolian, Halh	Ethnic Religions
Persian	14000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Ainu (Japan)	13000	Ainu (Japan)	Ethnic Religions
Russian	12000	Russian	Christianity
Kikai	12000	Kikai	Buddhism
Malay	9500	Malay	Islam
Thai	9500	Thai	Buddhism
Amami-Oshima, Northern	9400	Amami-Oshima, Northern	Buddhism
Punjabi, Western	7600	Punjabi, Western	Islam
Han Chinese, Wu	6800	Chinese, Wu	Ethnic Religions
French	6100	French	Christianity
Toku-No-Shima	4900	Toku-No-Shima	Buddhism
Kunigami	4800	Kunigami	Buddhism
Oki-No-Erabu	3100	Oki-No-Erabu	Buddhism
Amami-Oshima, Southern	1700	Amami-Oshima, Southern	Buddhism
Yoron	900	Yoron	Buddhism
Yonaguni	800	Yonaguni	Buddhism

Languages

39 languages recorded here.

Ainu (Japan)

Amami-Oshima, Northern

Amami-Oshima, Southern

Bengali

Burmese

Chinese, Mandarin

Chinese, Min Nan

Chinese, Wu

Chinese, Yue

English

French

Indonesian

Japanese

Japanese Sign Language

Khmer

Kikai

Korean

Kunigami

Malay

Miyako

Mongolian, Halh

Nepali

Oki-No-Erabu

Okinawan, Central

Persian, Iranian

Portuguese

Punjabi, Eastern

Punjabi, Western

Russian

Sinhala

Spanish

Tagalog

Thai

Toku-No-Shima

Urdu

Vietnamese

Yaeyama

Yonaguni

Yoron

All catalogue fields

149 fields recorded

rog3: JA
iso3: JPN
iso2: JP
ctry: Japan
poplpeoples: 122156000
cntpeoples: 43
cntpeopleslr: 28
poplpeopleslr: 119910000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: jpn
officiallang: Japanese
rlg3primary: 2
religionprimary: Buddhism
percentchristianity: 1.8569872657202
percentevangelical: 0.44646274059978
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 3
regionname: Asia, Northeast
workersneeded: 2411
harvest_rog3: JA
harvest_iso3: JPN
harvest_iso2: JP
harvest_owcountrycode: JAPA
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: JP
harvest_countrynumber: 106
harvest_ctry: Japan
harvest_ctryshort: Japan
harvest_countrynamechinese: 日本
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 日本
harvest_countrynamedutch: Japan
harvest_countrynamefrench: Japon
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Japon
harvest_countrynamegerman: Japan
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Japan
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Jepang
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Jepang
harvest_countrynameitalian: Giappone
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Giappone
harvest_countrynamekorean: 일본
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 일본
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Japan
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Japan
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Japão
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Japão
harvest_countrynamerussian: Япония
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Япония
harvest_countrynamespanish: Japón
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Japón
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Nhật Bản
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Nhật Bản
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en el
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: ASI
harvest_regioncode2414: 30
harvest_regioncode: 3
harvest_unsr: 030
harvest_worldabc: B
harvest_capital: Tokyo
harvest_population: 123103000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/japan.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ja.pdf
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_owpctevang: 0.5
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.29483819
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: -0.40000001
harvest_owcountrypage: japan
harvest_literacyrate: 99
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 92
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: jpn
harvest_rlg3primary: 2
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0.02
harvest_pctbuddhism: 69.59
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 0.15
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 5
harvest_pctother: 23.7
harvest_pctchristian: 1.54
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.44
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.25
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.04
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.4
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.03
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.38
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A002
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.903
harvest_hdirank: 17
harvest_internetusers: 92
harvest_flashmapzoom: 510
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -381
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -108
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 36.7
harvest_googlemaplng: 136
harvest_ctrylatitude: 36.204824
harvest_ctrylongitude: 138.252924
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/japan/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 201
harvest_poplgrowthrate: -0.2208606440581362
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=jp&joshua=ja
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-japan
harvest_internetusage: 91
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-japan/
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.bible.or.jp/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 145869
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 377801
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 871
harvest_countryphonecode: 81
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=558
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 2
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0.23
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 1.6
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.3
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 1.56
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.4
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .jp
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/japan
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00