Country
Japan
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Tokyo
- ISO code
- JP · JPN
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 123M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 48,283 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 84.0 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 7.8 t CO₂
Population
- Population 123M 2025 12th of 214
- Population density 340 people/km² 2024 33rd of 212
- Population growth -0.49 % per year 2025 195th of 214
- Natural increase -6.2 per 1,000 people 2023 221st of 228
- Net migration 1.1 per 1,000 people 2025 61st of 214
- Fertility rate 1.15 births per woman 2024 200th of 214
- Urban population 92.3 % 2025 25th of 214
- Median age 49.0 years 2023 4th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 30.0 % 2025 2nd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 51.0 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 2nd of 214
- Children under 15 11.2 % 2025 212th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 84.0 years 2024 10th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 87.1 years 2024 4th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 81.1 years 2024 22nd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 6.0 years 2024 56th of 214
- Infant mortality 1.8 per 1,000 births 2024 191st of 195
- Under-5 mortality 2.4 per 1,000 births 2024 187th of 195
- Maternal mortality 3 per 100,000 births 2023 181st of 193
- Health spending per person 3,638 USD 2023 24th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 5,365 $ (PPP) 2023 24th of 191
- Physicians 2.65 per 1,000 people 2022 70th of 179
- Hospital beds 12.6 per 1,000 people 2022 3rd of 150
- Measles immunization 95 % 2024 59th of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 17.5 % 2024 91st of 165
- Calorie supply 2,670 kcal per day 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Meat supply 59.9 kg per person per year 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
Economy
- GDP 4.4T USD 2025 4th of 185
- GDP per capita 35,951 USD 2025 33rd of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 48,283 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 35th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 38,269 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 28th of 165
- GDP growth 1.2 % 2025 152nd of 185
- GDP per capita growth 1.7 % 2025 117th of 185
- Inflation 3.2 % 2025 84th of 169
- Unemployment 2.5 % 2025 158th of 181
- Youth unemployment 3.9 % 2025 163rd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 3.1 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 45 % of GDP 2024 139th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 32.3 2020 102nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 1.2 % 2020 83rd of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 1.0 % of GDP 2024 166th of 187
- Women in the labour force 55.9 % 2025 75th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.925 2023 23rd of 192
- Education spending 3.3 % of GDP 2021 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 102 % 2023 49th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 64 % 2023 49th of 127
- Women in parliament 15.7 % 2025 141st of 183
- Homicide rate 0.3 per 100,000 people 2020 127th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 86 % 2024 77th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 178 per 100 people 2023 9th of 172
- Fixed broadband 38.6 per 100 people 2023 21st of 169
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safe drinking water 99 % 2024 33rd of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 99 % 2024 9th of 140
- Research and development 3.44 % of GDP 2023 6th of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 972.3 Mt CO₂ 2024 5th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 7.8 t CO₂ 2024 27th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 7.77 t CO₂ 2024 36th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 69.6 Gt CO₂ 2024 6th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 8.6 t CO₂e 2024 42nd of 201
- Forest area 68.3 % of land 2024 20th of 208
- Water stress 37 % 2022 45th of 176
- Arable land 11.0 % of land 2024 95th of 205
- Renewable energy 8.8 % of final energy 2021 151st of 210
- Renewable electricity 22.8 % of electricity 2024 114th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 8.4 % of electricity 2024 22nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 32.3 % of electricity 2024 29th of 193
- Electricity from wind 1.1 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from solar 9.5 % of electricity 2024 43rd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 484 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 93rd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 8,187 kWh 2024 28th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 11.5 µg/m³ 2023 144th of 199
Japan on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldJapanese · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldJapanese yen (JPY)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+9Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B · 100 V · 50/60 Hz
- National dishes of the world6 national dishes
- Plants of the world10 characteristic plants
- Castles map163 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map116 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- Ghost map8 ghost stories and haunted places
- UFO sightings map5 UFO sightings and unexplained cases
- VPN provider mapServers of 43 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)