Brazil vs Japan statistics compared

Brazil has a population of 212M (ranked 7/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Brazil's land area is 3,227,096 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 5th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Brazil ranks 10/197 ($2.19T) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Brazil ranks 85/197 ($10,311), while Japan ranks 38/197 ($32,487).

Brazil and Japan: Comparison Charts

Brazil and Japan economies compared

GDP

Brazil

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Brazil	Japan
1960	$17,030,465,539	$47,419,238,274
1961	$17,275,940,449	$57,266,758,180
1962	$19,231,747,852	$64,987,857,542
1963	$23,287,712,878	$74,379,284,603
1964	$20,963,733,695	$87,490,590,818
1965	$22,465,522,884	$97,338,107,606
1966	$28,283,323,733	$113,046,784,179
1967	$31,086,389,195	$132,475,614,227
1968	$33,930,457,425	$156,897,496,759
1969	$37,171,640,819	$184,298,841,305
1970	$42,327,664,794	$217,223,652,719
1971	$48,869,830,902	$245,364,056,622
1972	$58,434,858,375	$324,933,841,269
1973	$83,592,275,863	$441,460,582,536
1974	$109,794,519,728	$490,035,789,970
1975	$129,203,555,239	$532,861,438,885
1976	$153,168,949,208	$598,883,902,156
1977	$176,344,101,402	$737,069,290,928
1978	$200,278,646,124	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$221,338,204,480	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$237,393,489,893	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$258,015,174,749	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$271,314,113,768	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$189,656,506,321	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$188,339,974,087	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$210,879,844,639	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$256,480,852,471	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$283,056,836,894	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$307,881,930,752	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$412,990,820,287	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$390,725,626,003	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$342,609,231,343	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$328,187,960,872	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$368,295,778,245	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$525,369,851,354	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$769,333,330,412	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$850,426,433,004	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$883,206,452,795	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$863,711,007,325	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$599,642,075,004	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$655,448,188,259	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$559,983,704,094	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$509,795,270,685	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$558,233,724,165	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$669,289,321,945	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$891,633,826,625	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$1,107,626,711,163	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$1,397,114,247,189	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$1,695,855,391,758	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$1,666,996,294,252	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$2,208,838,108,484	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$2,616,156,606,579	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$2,465,228,293,707	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$2,472,819,362,044	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$2,456,043,766,032	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$1,802,211,999,456	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$1,795,693,265,999	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$2,063,514,688,806	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$1,916,933,708,353	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$1,873,288,158,839	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$1,476,107,292,152	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$1,670,647,464,063	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$1,951,923,832,084	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$2,191,131,869,706	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$2,185,821,648,944	$4,027,597,523,551

Brazil and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Brazil

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Brazil	Japan
1960	$235.3	$509
1961	$231.6	$609
1962	$250.2	$685
1963	$294.2	$776
1964	$257.3	$903
1965	$268	$994
1966	$328	$1,144
1967	$351	$1,326
1968	$374	$1,553
1969	$399	$1,803
1970	$444	$2,101
1971	$500	$2,321
1972	$583	$3,031
1973	$815	$4,061
1974	$1,045	$4,448
1975	$1,201	$4,776
1976	$1,390	$5,310
1977	$1,562	$6,473
1978	$1,733	$9,012
1979	$1,870	$9,301
1980	$1,959	$9,669
1981	$2,080	$10,583
1982	$2,138	$9,780
1983	$1,461	$10,652
1984	$1,420	$11,207
1985	$1,556	$11,809
1986	$1,854	$17,452
1987	$2,006	$21,142
1988	$2,141	$25,500
1989	$2,819	$25,266
1990	$2,620	$25,801
1991	$2,258	$29,428
1992	$2,127	$31,993
1993	$2,349	$36,345
1994	$3,299	$39,934
1995	$4,757	$44,198
1996	$5,179	$39,150
1997	$5,299	$35,638
1998	$5,106	$32,424
1999	$3,494	$36,610
2000	$3,767	$39,169
2001	$3,176	$34,406
2002	$2,856	$32,821
2003	$3,091	$35,387
2004	$3,664	$38,299
2005	$4,828	$37,813
2006	$5,934	$35,992
2007	$7,410	$35,779
2008	$8,908	$39,876
2009	$8,679	$41,309
2010	$11,403	$44,968
2011	$13,397	$48,760
2012	$12,522	$49,145
2013	$12,459	$40,899
2014	$12,275	$38,475
2015	$8,936	$34,961
2016	$8,836	$39,375
2017	$10,081	$38,834
2018	$9,301	$39,751
2019	$9,030	$40,416
2020	$7,074	$40,029
2021	$7,973	$40,095
2022	$9,281	$34,066
2023	$10,378	$33,836
2024	$10,311	$32,487

Brazil vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Brazil

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Brazil	Japan
1950	48.5	59.3
1951	49	61
1952	49.6	63
1953	50	63.3
1954	50.4	64.5
1955	50.9	65.7
1956	51.3	65.6
1957	51.8	65.4
1958	52.2	67
1959	52.7	67.5
1960	53.2	67.7
1961	53.6	68.4
1962	54	68.7
1963	54.5	69.7
1964	54.8	70.2
1965	55.2	70.3
1966	55.6	71.1
1967	56	71.4
1968	56.5	71.7
1969	56.9	71.9
1970	57.3	72
1971	57.8	72.8
1972	58.3	73.3
1973	58.7	73.4
1974	59.1	73.8
1975	59.6	74.4
1976	60	74.8
1977	60.5	75.3
1978	60.9	75.7
1979	61.4	76.2
1980	61.8	76.1
1981	62.3	76.6
1982	62.7	77.1
1983	63.1	77.1
1984	63.6	77.5
1985	64	77.8
1986	64.4	78.2
1987	64.8	78.6
1988	65.2	78.5
1989	65.5	79
1990	65.9	79
1991	66.2	79.3
1992	66.5	79.3
1993	66.9	79.4
1994	67.3	79.8
1995	67.7	79.7
1996	68.1	80.4
1997	68.5	80.6
1998	68.8	80.6
1999	69.2	80.6
2000	69.6	81.2
2001	70	81.5
2002	70.4	81.8
2003	70.9	81.9
2004	71.4	82.1
2005	71.8	82
2006	72.3	82.4
2007	72.7	82.5
2008	73.1	82.6
2009	73.5	83
2010	73.8	82.9
2011	74	82.7
2012	74.3	83.2
2013	74.6	83.4
2014	74.8	83.6
2015	75.1	83.9
2016	75.1	84.1
2017	75.4	84.2
2018	75.6	84.3
2019	75.8	84.4
2020	74.5	84.7
2021	73	84.6
2022	74.9	84.1
2023	75.8	84.7
2024	76	84.9
2025	76.2	85
2026	76.4	85.1

Brazil and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Brazil

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Brazil	Japan
1960	72,388,126	93,216,000
1961	74,605,447	94,055,000
1962	76,865,323	94,933,000
1963	79,164,235	95,900,000
1964	81,488,595	96,903,000
1965	83,817,583	97,952,000
1966	86,139,359	98,851,000
1967	88,446,124	99,879,000
1968	90,741,240	101,011,000
1969	93,045,777	102,219,000
1970	95,375,651	103,403,000
1971	97,739,273	105,697,000
1972	100,146,797	107,188,000
1973	102,600,976	108,707,000
1974	105,089,675	110,162,000
1975	107,619,565	111,573,000
1976	110,213,349	112,775,000
1977	112,875,292	113,872,000
1978	115,600,942	114,913,000
1979	118,380,821	115,890,000
1980	121,207,461	116,807,000
1981	124,063,109	117,661,000
1982	126,923,155	118,480,000
1983	129,790,077	119,307,000
1984	132,658,864	120,083,000
1985	135,515,595	120,837,000
1986	138,336,370	121,482,000
1987	141,104,944	122,069,000
1988	143,826,357	122,578,000
1989	146,502,972	123,069,000
1990	149,143,223	123,478,000
1991	151,724,256	123,964,000
1992	154,275,079	124,425,000
1993	156,794,577	124,829,000
1994	159,265,006	125,178,000
1995	161,735,073	125,472,000
1996	164,202,549	125,757,000
1997	166,661,659	126,057,000
1998	169,159,655	126,400,000
1999	171,641,543	126,631,000
2000	174,018,282	126,843,000
2001	176,301,203	127,149,000
2002	178,503,484	127,445,000
2003	180,622,688	127,718,000
2004	182,675,143	127,761,000
2005	184,688,101	127,773,000
2006	186,653,106	127,854,000
2007	188,552,320	128,001,000
2008	190,367,302	128,063,000
2009	192,079,951	128,047,000
2010	193,701,929	128,070,000
2011	195,284,734	127,833,000
2012	196,876,111	127,629,000
2013	198,478,299	127,445,000
2014	200,085,127	127,276,000
2015	201,675,532	127,141,000
2016	203,218,114	127,076,000
2017	204,703,445	126,972,000
2018	206,107,261	126,811,000
2019	207,455,459	126,633,000
2020	208,660,842	126,261,000
2021	209,550,294	125,681,593
2022	210,306,415	125,124,989
2023	211,140,729	124,516,650
2024	211,998,573	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Brazil and Japan

Fertility rate

Brazil

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Brazil	Japan
1960	6.05	2
1961	6.02	1.96
1962	5.98	1.98
1963	5.93	2
1964	5.82	2.05
1965	5.68	2.14
1966	5.52	1.58
1967	5.34	2.23
1968	5.17	2.13
1969	5.04	2.13
1970	4.93	2.13
1971	4.84	2.16
1972	4.74	2.14
1973	4.64	2.14
1974	4.5	2.05
1975	4.42	1.91
1976	4.34	1.85
1977	4.27	1.8
1978	4.2	1.79
1979	4.12	1.77
1980	4.04	1.75
1981	3.94	1.74
1982	3.84	1.77
1983	3.72	1.8
1984	3.6	1.81
1985	3.48	1.76
1986	3.36	1.72
1987	3.23	1.69
1988	3.11	1.66
1989	3.01	1.57
1990	2.9	1.54
1991	2.81	1.53
1992	2.71	1.5
1993	2.66	1.46
1994	2.6	1.5
1995	2.57	1.42
1996	2.51	1.43
1997	2.47	1.39
1998	2.42	1.38
1999	2.34	1.34
2000	2.25	1.36
2001	2.16	1.33
2002	2.08	1.32
2003	2.01	1.29
2004	1.97	1.29
2005	1.94	1.26
2006	1.9	1.32
2007	1.85	1.34
2008	1.82	1.37
2009	1.8	1.37
2010	1.79	1.39
2011	1.78	1.39
2012	1.77	1.41
2013	1.76	1.43
2014	1.78	1.42
2015	1.78	1.45
2016	1.73	1.44
2017	1.74	1.43
2018	1.74	1.42
2019	1.71	1.36
2020	1.65	1.33
2021	1.64	1.3
2022	1.63	1.26
2023	1.62	1.2

Brazil and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Brazil

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Brazil	Japan
1960	18	25.8
1961	17.9	26.2
1962	17.9	26.5
1963	17.8	26.9
1964	17.8	27.2
1965	17.9	27.6
1966	17.9	28
1967	18	28.4
1968	18.1	28.6
1969	18.2	28.9
1970	18.4	29.2
1971	18.5	29.6
1972	18.7	29.9
1973	18.9	30.2
1974	19.1	30.4
1975	19.2	30.6
1976	19.4	30.9
1977	19.6	31.5
1978	19.8	32
1979	20	32.4
1980	20.2	32.8
1981	20.4	33.1
1982	20.6	33.7
1983	20.8	34.3
1984	21	34.9
1985	21.2	35.4
1986	21.5	35.9
1987	21.7	36.3
1988	21.9	36.8
1989	22.1	37.2
1990	22.4	37.7
1991	22.7	38.2
1992	22.9	38.7
1993	23.2	39.2
1994	23.5	39.6
1995	23.7	40
1996	24	40.3
1997	24.3	40.7
1998	24.6	41
1999	24.9	41.4
2000	25.2	41.8
2001	25.5	42.1
2002	25.9	42.5
2003	26.3	42.8
2004	26.7	43.2
2005	27.1	43.6
2006	27.5	43.9
2007	27.9	44.2
2008	28.3	44.6
2009	28.8	44.9
2010	29.2	45.2
2011	29.7	45.5
2012	30.1	45.8
2013	30.6	46.2
2014	31	46.6
2015	31.5	47
2016	31.9	47.3
2017	32.4	47.6
2018	32.8	48
2019	33.2	48.3
2020	33.7	48.7
2021	34.1	49.1
2022	34.5	49.5
2023	34.9	50
2024	35.4	50.4

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