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Eastern Asia · sovereign state

Japan

Capital
Tokyo
Languages
Japanese
Currency
Japanese yen
People
123 million (2025)
Neighbours
none by land
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Japan

  • 2nd highest aged 65 and over 30% · #2 of 210 · 2025
  • 3rd highest hospital beds 12.6 per 1,000 · #3 of 158 · 2022
  • 4th highest economy size (GDP) $4.44 trillion · #4 of 207 · 2025

Surprising facts about Japan

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Japan’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Japan among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Japan sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Japan across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

Nearest countries

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Japan has no land borders: these are the 5 nearest countries by distance between capitals. Equal-area map centred on Japan.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people