Japan’s coastline is 12 times as long as Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition)

Japan’s highest peak towers 813 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 13% of Japan

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Japan: 12.6% (2024)

Japan has 48% more people than Germany

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Japan: 123 million (2025)

Japan is 42% more densely populated than Germany

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Japan: 338 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 3.8 years older than in Germany

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Japan: 49 years (2023)

Women in Germany have 0.2 more children on average than in Japan

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024)

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

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Japan: 30% (2025)

Germany hosts 92 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Japan 2.5

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Japan: 2.5 (2026)

Germany and Japan are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Japan: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 14% larger than Japan’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 36% more per person than Japan

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Japan: Int$55,422 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Japan (Gini 1.4 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Japan: 32.3 (2020)

1.2% of people in Japan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Japan: 1.2% (2020)

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 2.5% in Japan

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Japan: 2.5% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Japan 1.4%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Japan: 1.4% (2025)

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Japan: no data

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Japan’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Japan: 65% (2025)

Germany spends 88% more on health per person than Japan

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Japan: $3,638 (2023)

A baby in Germany is 72% more likely to die before turning one than in Japan

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 71% more doctors per person than Japan

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Japan has 67% more hospital beds per person than Germany

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Japan is 44% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Japan: 5.2% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 18% in Japan

Germany: 22% (2024) · Japan: 17.5% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.75 points higher than in Japan

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Japan: 6.13 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 75% more alcohol than in Japan

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Japan: 6.3 litres (2023)

Germany has 18% more meat per person than Japan

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Japan: 59.9 kg (2022)

Germany has 864 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022)

Workers in Japan put in 319 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Japan: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 1.6 years longer than in Japan

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Japan: 12.7 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 51% more tourists per resident than Japan (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Japan: 0.3 (2024)

Germany has 28 more World Heritage sites than Japan (55 against 27)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Japan: 27 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Japan 642

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Japan: 642 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Japan is 72% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Japan: 322 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Japan are practically level

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

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 82% in Germany

Germany: 82% (2025) · Japan: 92% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Germany: 129 (2024) · Japan: 178 (2023)

Germany’s railway network is 66% longer than Japan’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Japan: 20,087 km (2011)

Airlines from Japan fly 2% more passengers per resident than those from Germany

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Japan: 0.98 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Japan: 68.3% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 15% more CO₂ than someone in Germany

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Japan: 7.8 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Japan: 23.6% (2025)

The air in Japan carries 15% more fine dust than in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4 times as likely to be murdered in Germany as in Japan

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Germany are 42% deadlier than in Japan

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023)

Japan is on average 2.5 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 2.1 times as much rain as Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg)