Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 867 m above Japan’s

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

Japan has 3.3 times as many people as Uzbekistan

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Japan is 4 times as densely populated as Uzbekistan

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 22 years older than in Uzbekistan

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.3 more children on average than in Japan

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Japan: 30% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Japan hosts 2,550 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Japan 1

Japan: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 30 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

Japan produces 4.1 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Japan (Gini 0.4 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.2% in Japan

Japan: 1.2% (2020) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Uzbekistan, versus 2.5% in Japan

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Japan 1.4%

Japan: 1.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Japan: no data · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Japan’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Uzbekistan’s

Japan: 65% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Japan spends 19 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

A baby in Uzbekistan is 7.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Japan

Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 6% more doctors per person than Japan

Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Japan has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Uzbekistan

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Japan is 85% higher than in Uzbekistan

Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

18% of adults in Japan smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 0.15 points higher than in Japan

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Adults in Japan drink 3 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Japan has 27% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Uzbekistan has 627 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 445 more hours a year than in Japan

Japan: 1,654 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Adults in Japan went to school 0.77 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Japan: 12.7 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Japan welcomed 36% more tourists per resident than Uzbekistan (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

Japan has 19 more World Heritage sites than Uzbekistan (27 against 8)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

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

Japan: 86% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Home internet in Japan is 50% faster than in Uzbekistan

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Japan and Uzbekistan are practically level

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

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Japan: 92% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Japan: 178 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Japan’s railway network is 4.2 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Airlines from Japan fly 7.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uzbekistan

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

24% of Japan’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

The air in Uzbekistan carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in Japan

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.1 times as likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan as in Japan

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Uzbekistan are 3.4 times as deadly as in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Uzbekistan is on average 1.6 °C warmer than Japan

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 8.3 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)