Japan’s coastline is 66 times as long as the Netherlands’

Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition)

Japan’s highest peak towers 2,914 m above the Netherlands’

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of the Netherlands, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Netherlands: 53.4% (2024)

Japan has 6.8 times as many people as the Netherlands

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025)

The Netherlands is 59% more densely populated than Japan

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 7.6 years older than in the Netherlands

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023)

Women in the Netherlands have 0.3 more children on average than in Japan

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 21% in the Netherlands

Japan: 30% (2025) · Netherlands: 20.9% (2025)

The Netherlands hosts 46 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Netherlands: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)

The Netherlands has produced 11.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Japan 2.5

Japan: 2.5 (2026) · Netherlands: 11.1 (2026)

Japan and the Netherlands are practically level

Japan: 1 (2026) · Netherlands: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 3.3 times the size of the Netherlands’

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025)

The Netherlands produces 58% more per person than Japan

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Japan than in the Netherlands (Gini 6.6 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Netherlands: 25.7 (2021)

1.2% of people in Japan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in the Netherlands

Japan: 1.2% (2020) · Netherlands: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 3.9% in the Netherlands, versus 2.5% in Japan

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Netherlands: 3.9% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Japan 1.4%

Japan: 1.4% (2025) · Netherlands: 2.2% (2025)

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

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

Japan: 65% (2025) · Netherlands: 84% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 88% more on health per person than Japan

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Netherlands: $6,845 (2024)

A baby in the Netherlands is 89% more likely to die before turning one than in Japan

Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

The Netherlands has 46% more doctors per person than Japan

Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Japan has 5.2 times as many hospital beds per person as the Netherlands

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Japan is 50% higher than in the Netherlands

Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

17% of adults in the Netherlands are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Netherlands: 16.9% (2024)

21% of adults in the Netherlands smoke, versus 18% in Japan

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Netherlands: 20.5% (2024)

People in the Netherlands rate their lives 1.09 points higher than in Japan

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Netherlands: 7.22 (2025)

Adults in the Netherlands drink 37% more alcohol than in Japan

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023)

The Netherlands has 19% more meat per person than Japan

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023)

The Netherlands has 797 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023)

Workers in Japan put in 215 more hours a year than in the Netherlands

Japan: 1,654 hours (2023) · Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023)

Japan and the Netherlands are practically level

Japan: 12.7 years (2023) · Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023)

The Netherlands welcomed 3.1 times as many tourists per resident as Japan (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Netherlands: 0.91 (2022)

Japan has 14 more World Heritage sites than the Netherlands (27 against 13)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Netherlands: 13 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, the Netherlands 524

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition)

97% of people in the Netherlands are online, versus 86% in Japan

Japan: 86% (2024) · Netherlands: 97% (2024)

The Netherlands and Japan are nearly identical here

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026)

Japan and the Netherlands are practically level

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

96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 92% in Japan

Japan: 92% (2025) · Netherlands: 96% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Netherlands 129

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

Japan’s railway network is 6.6 times as long as the Netherlands’

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021)

Airlines from the Netherlands fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Japan

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.29 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 11% of the Netherlands

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Netherlands: 11% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 23% more CO₂ than someone in the Netherlands

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024)

51% of the Netherlands’ electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Netherlands: 51.2% (2025)

The air in Japan carries 9% more fine dust than in the Netherlands

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3 times as likely to be murdered in the Netherlands as in Japan

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in the Netherlands are 34% deadlier than in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023)

Japan is on average 1.6 °C warmer than the Netherlands

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 2.1 times as much rain as the Netherlands

Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg)