China flag

China

Beijing
Leads 10 of 15 metrics
vs
Japan flag

Japan

Tokyo
Leads 5 of 15 metrics
25×
China has 25× the land area of Japan
11×
China has 11× the population of Japan
8.2×
China has 8.2× the active military of Japan
China Tale of the tape Japan
1.41B
Population
CHN 11×
126M
9.6M km²
Land Area
CHN 25×
378K km²
$18T
GDP (nominal)
CHN 4.2×
$4.23T
$12,720
GDP per Capita
JPN 2.6×
$33,660
77.1 yrs
Life Expectancy
JPN 1.1×
84.6 yrs
0.768
HDI
JPN 1.2×
0.925
96.8%
Literacy Rate
JPN 1.0×
99.0%
70.4%
Internet Users
JPN 1.3×
92.7%
2.04M
Active Military
CHN 8.2×
247K
$314B
Defense Budget
CHN 5.7×
$55B
$3.75T
Exports
CHN 4.1×
$917B
$3.22T
Imports
CHN 3.4×
$952B
819
Olympic Medals
CHN 1.3×
644
2,280 t
Gold Reserves
CHN 2.7×
846 t
42.0
Cost of Living Index
CHN 2.0× lower
83.3
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country (for cost of living, the lower index leads).
China Japan
Beijing Capital Tokyo
Renminbi (Yuan, CNY) Currency Japanese Yen (JPY)
Mandarin Chinese Language Japanese
Unitary one-party socialist republic Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy