Japan’s coastline is 9.2 times as long as Thailand’s

Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Japan’s highest peak towers 1,211 m above Thailand’s

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Japan has 72% more people than Thailand

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Japan is 2.4 times as densely populated as Thailand

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 9.3 years older than in Thailand

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

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

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

Japan: 30% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 3.4 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Japan has produced 2.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Japan: 2.5 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Japan and Thailand are practically level

Japan: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 7.7 times the size of Thailand’s

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Japan produces 2.1 times as much per person as Thailand

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Japan (Gini 1 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

1.2% of people in Japan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Japan: 1.2% (2020) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 2.5% in Japan, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Japan and Thailand are practically level

Japan: 1.4% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Japan: no data · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Japan’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Thailand’s

Japan: 65% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Japan spends 11 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 4.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Japan

Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Japan has 4.9 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Japan has 5.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Thailand

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Japan is 50% higher than in Thailand

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

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

Thailand and Japan are practically level

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 0.17 points higher than in Japan

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 26% more alcohol than in Japan

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Japan has 2.4 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Thailand has 185 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 523 more hours a year than in Japan

Japan: 1,654 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Japan went to school 3.6 years longer than in Thailand

Japan: 12.7 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 88% more tourists per resident than Japan (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Japan has 18 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (27 against 9)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Thailand is 12% faster than in Japan

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Japan and Thailand are practically level

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

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Japan: 92% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Thailand 161

Japan: 178 (2023) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Japan’s railway network is 4.9 times as long as Thailand’s

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Japan fly 35% more passengers per resident than those from Thailand

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 39% of Thailand

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Thailand

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

24% of Japan’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Japan

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 9.4 times as deadly as in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 14.0 °C warmer than Japan

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 10% more rain than Thailand

Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)