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Japan: Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method (% of married women ages 15-49)

52.82percent · 2021+0.6% since 1990

Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Annual figures for Japan from 1961 to 2021.

19612021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202152.82
201533.1
201439.034
200544.4
200444.4
200048.3
199848
199650.6
199452.8
199257
199052.5
198851.7
198662.7
198457.3
197962.2
197560.5
197359.3
197152.6
196952.1
196749.1
196554.1
196343.8
196139.2

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method (% of married women ages 15-49). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-contraceptive-prevalence-any-modern-method (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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