Japan’s coastline is 4.1 times as long as Türkiye’s

Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Türkiye’s highest peak towers 1,361 m above Japan’s

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Türkiye, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

Japan has 44% more people than Türkiye

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

Japan is 3 times as densely populated as Türkiye

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 16 years older than in Türkiye

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

Women in Türkiye have 0.3 more children on average than in Japan

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Türkiye: 1.48 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 11% in Türkiye

Japan: 30% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Türkiye hosts 81 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Türkiye: 27.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Japan has produced 2.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Türkiye 0.5

Japan: 2.5 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

Japan and Türkiye are practically level

Japan: 1 (2026) · Türkiye: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 2.8 times the size of Türkiye’s

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

Japan produces 22% more per person than Türkiye

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Türkiye than in Japan (Gini 11.4 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

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

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

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 2.5% in Japan

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

Türkiye and Japan are practically level

Japan: 1.4% (2025) · Türkiye: 1.9% (2025)

Japan: no data · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

Japan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Türkiye’s

Japan: 65% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

Japan spends 6.6 times as much on health per person as Türkiye

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

A baby in Türkiye is 4.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Japan

Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

Japan has 18% more doctors per person than Türkiye

Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Japan has 4.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Türkiye

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Türkiye: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Japan is 3.9 times that in Türkiye

Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

30% of adults in Türkiye are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

31% of adults in Türkiye smoke, versus 18% in Japan

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Türkiye: 31.1% (2024)

People in Japan rate their lives 0.83 points higher than in Türkiye

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Adults in Japan drink 2.8 times as much alcohol as in Türkiye

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 litres (2023)

Japan has 21% more meat per person than Türkiye

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Türkiye has 1,222 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Workers in Türkiye put in 94 more hours a year than in Japan

Japan: 1,654 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

Adults in Japan went to school 3.7 years longer than in Türkiye

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

Türkiye welcomed 2 times as many tourists per resident as Japan (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

Japan has 5 more World Heritage sites than Türkiye (27 against 22)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Türkiye 111

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 111 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Türkiye are online, versus 86% in Japan

Japan: 86% (2024) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

Home internet in Japan is 57% faster than in Türkiye

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

Japan and Türkiye are practically level

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

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 89% in Türkiye

Japan: 92% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Türkiye 108

Japan: 178 (2023) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

Japan’s railway network is 90% longer than Türkiye’s

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

Airlines from Türkiye fly 50% more passengers per resident than those from Japan

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 29% of Türkiye

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 33% more CO₂ than someone in Türkiye

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

43% of Türkiye’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

The air in Türkiye carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Japan

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Türkiye: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 14 times as likely to be murdered in Türkiye as in Japan

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Türkiye are 3 times as deadly as in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Japan is on average 0.1 °C warmer than Türkiye

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 2.7 times as much rain as Türkiye

Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 680 mm (2016–2025 avg)