Japan
Leads 3 of 15 metrics
vs
United States of America
Leads 11 of 15 metrics
26×
United States of America has 26× the
land area of Japan
18×
United States of America has 18× the
defense budget of Japan
9.6×
United States of America has 9.6× the
gold reserves of Japan
Japan
Tale of the tape
United States of America
126M
Population
USA
2.7×
335M
378K km²
Land Area
USA
26×
9.83M km²
$4.23T
GDP (nominal)
USA
6.5×
$27.4T
$33,660
GDP per Capita
USA
2.4×
$81,695
84.6 yrs
Life Expectancy
JPN
1.1×
78.9 yrs
0.925
HDI
JPN
1.0×
0.921
99.0%
Literacy Rate
even
99.0%
92.7%
Internet Users
JPN
1.0×
92.0%
247K
Active Military
USA
5.5×
1.35M
$55B
Defense Budget
USA
18×
$997B
$917B
Exports
USA
3.5×
$3.19T
$952B
Imports
USA
4.3×
$4.10T
644
Olympic Medals
USA
4.9×
3,135
846 t
Gold Reserves
USA
9.6×
8,134 t
83.3
Cost of Living Index
USA
1.2×
lower
71.0
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
Japan
United States of America
Tokyo
Capital
Washington, D.C.
Japanese Yen (JPY)
Currency
United States Dollar (USD)
Japanese
Language
English (de facto)
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Government
Federal presidential constitutional republic