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Japan

Japan's best placing is 4th of 182 for gdp.

Best placing
#4GDP
Top 10 placings
2 / 17
Population
123.4 million
Land area
364,569 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Japan is.

GDP
#4 of 182

4,435,162,999,977 US$ (current prices)

2nd in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Coastline
#5 of 151

29,751 km of coastline

3rd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Population
#12 of 195

123,366,734 people

6th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Railways
#11 of 135

27,311 km of railway

3rd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2015

Railways by area
#11 of 133

74.91 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2015

Forest by area
#18 of 194

68.4 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest
#23 of 194

249,350 km² of forest

5th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports
#24 of 193

280 airports

4th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area
#25 of 194

338.39 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP per person
#28 of 182

35,951 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Rainfall
#47 of 179

1,668 mm of precipitation per year

14th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Land area
#61 of 194

364,569 km² of land

17th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports by area
#71 of 191

7.68 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person
#60 of 134

221.38 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2015

Forest per person
#108 of 194

0.0020 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person
#135 of 192

2.27 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person
#170 of 194

0.003 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

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