Japan’s coastline is 132 times as long as Romania’s

Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Japan’s highest peak towers 1,232 m above Romania’s

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Japan has 6.5 times as many people as Romania

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Japan is 4.1 times as densely populated as Romania

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 6.3 years older than in Romania

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Japan: 30% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 32 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Japan has produced 2.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Romania 2.1

Japan: 2.5 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Japan and Romania are practically level

Japan: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 10 times the size of Romania’s

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Japan produces 9% more per person than Romania

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Japan than in Romania (Gini 2.5 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

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

Japan: 1.2% (2020) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 2.5% in Japan

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

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

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

Japan: no data · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Japan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Romania’s

Japan: 65% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Japan spends 3.5 times as much on health per person as Romania

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 3.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Japan

Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 37% more doctors per person than Japan

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

Japan has 74% more hospital beds per person than Romania

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Japan is 76% higher than in Romania

Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 18% in Japan

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 0.50 points higher than in Japan

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Japan

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 21% more meat per person than Japan

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 979 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 172 more hours a year than in Japan

Japan: 1,654 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Japan went to school 1.1 years longer than in Romania

Japan: 12.7 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as Japan (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Japan has 16 more World Heritage sites than Romania (27 against 11)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Romania 318

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 86% in Japan

Japan: 86% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Japan is 2% faster than in Romania

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Japan and Romania are practically level

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

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Japan: 92% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Japan: 178 (2023) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Japan’s railway network is 87% longer than Romania’s

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Japan fly 6.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 30% of Romania

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Romania

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Romania carries 36% more fine dust than in Japan

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.9 times as likely to be murdered in Romania as in Japan

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 3.6 times as deadly as in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Japan is on average 1.8 °C warmer than Romania

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 2.4 times as much rain as Romania

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