Japan’s coastline is 24 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition)

Japan’s highest peak towers 2,448 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 13% of Japan, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Japan: 12.6% (2024)

Japan has 22 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Japan: 123 million (2025)

Japan is 18 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Japan: 338 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 6.2 years older than in Finland

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Japan: 49 years (2023)

Women in Finland have 0.1 more children on average than in Japan

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 24% in Finland

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Japan: 30% (2025)

Finland hosts 53 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Japan 2.5

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Japan: 2.5 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Japan 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Japan: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 14 times the size of Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025)

Finland produces 19% more per person than Japan

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Japan: Int$55,422 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Japan than in Finland (Gini 4.9 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Japan: 32.3 (2020)

1.2% of people in Japan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Japan: 1.2% (2020)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 2.5% in Japan

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Japan: 2.5% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Japan 1.4%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Japan: 1.4% (2025)

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Japan: no data

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Japan’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Japan: 65% (2025)

Finland spends 52% more on health per person than Japan

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Japan: $3,638 (2023)

A baby in Finland is 6% more likely to die before turning one than in Japan

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 36% more doctors per person than Japan

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Japan has 4.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Finland

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Japan is 10% higher than in Finland

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Japan: 5.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 18% in Japan

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Japan: 17.5% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 1.63 points higher than in Japan

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Japan: 6.13 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 50% more alcohol than in Japan

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Japan: 6.3 litres (2023)

Finland has 16% more meat per person than Japan

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Japan: 59.9 kg (2022)

Finland has 676 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022)

Workers in Japan put in 157 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Japan: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 0.3 years longer than in Japan

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Japan: 12.7 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 2.7 times as many tourists per resident as Japan (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Japan: 0.3 (2024)

Japan has 19 more World Heritage sites than Finland (27 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Japan: 27 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Finland 486

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Japan: 642 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 86% in Japan

Finland: 94% (2024) · Japan: 86% (2024)

Home internet in Japan is 31% faster than in Finland

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Japan: 322 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Japan are practically level

Finland: 100% (2024) · Japan: 100% (2024)

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · Japan: 92% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Japan: 178 (2023)

Japan’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Japan: 20,087 km (2011)

Airlines from Finland fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Japan

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Japan: 0.98 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 68% of Japan

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Japan: 68.3% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 47% more CO₂ than someone in Finland

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Japan: 7.8 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Japan: 23.6% (2025)

The air in Japan carries 94% more fine dust than in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.3 times as likely to be murdered in Finland as in Japan

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Finland are 39% deadlier than in Japan

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023)

Japan is on average 9.2 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 2.4 times as much rain as Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg)