Germany vs Japan statistics compared

Germany has a population of 83.5M (ranked 19/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Germany's land area is 134,916 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 63rd vs. 61st).

By GDP, Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Germany and Japan: Comparison Charts

Germany and Japan economies compared

GDP

Germany

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Germany	Japan
1960	$84,619,845,881	$47,419,238,274
1961	$96,558,204,043	$57,266,758,180
1962	$105,895,435,234	$64,987,857,542
1963	$112,232,503,744	$74,379,284,603
1964	$123,330,404,665	$87,490,590,818
1965	$134,774,688,191	$97,338,107,606
1966	$143,304,275,684	$113,046,784,179
1967	$145,100,667,773	$132,475,614,227
1968	$156,527,292,653	$156,897,496,759
1969	$177,733,486,326	$184,298,841,305
1970	$216,629,229,947	$217,223,652,719
1971	$250,900,942,397	$245,364,056,622
1972	$300,899,944,795	$324,933,841,269
1973	$399,833,571,167	$441,460,582,536
1974	$446,934,971,657	$490,035,789,970
1975	$492,434,094,920	$532,861,438,885
1976	$521,658,712,133	$598,883,902,156
1977	$602,698,323,086	$737,069,290,928
1978	$743,182,891,918	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$884,574,218,333	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$953,772,499,462	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$803,404,797,058	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$779,421,633,755	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$773,507,930,295	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$727,767,760,979	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$735,218,723,093	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$1,050,092,624,516	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$1,302,932,318,825	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$1,406,367,016,372	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$1,404,092,925,205	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$1,778,162,195,860	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$1,875,792,575,133	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$2,141,377,582,968	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$2,078,954,217,438	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$2,215,282,632,277	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$2,593,053,091,306	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$2,506,576,553,158	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$2,218,790,886,533	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$2,247,760,364,566	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$2,213,873,468,587	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$1,966,980,701,145	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$1,966,381,496,642	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$2,102,350,798,306	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$2,534,715,518,349	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$2,852,317,768,062	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$2,893,393,187,362	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$3,046,308,753,671	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$3,484,056,680,855	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$3,808,786,022,313	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$3,479,800,820,863	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$3,468,154,343,000	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$3,824,828,563,521	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$3,597,896,500,945	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$3,808,086,291,482	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$3,965,800,686,310	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$3,423,568,450,957	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$3,537,784,107,981	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$3,763,092,263,753	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$4,052,008,447,224	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$3,957,208,055,216	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$3,940,142,541,354	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$4,348,297,440,388	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$4,163,596,357,879	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$4,525,703,903,628	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$4,659,929,336,891	$4,026,210,821,147

Germany and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Germany

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Germany	Japan
1960	$1,162	$509
1961	$1,316	$609
1962	$1,431	$685
1963	$1,502	$776
1964	$1,637	$903
1965	$1,774	$994
1966	$1,871	$1,144
1967	$1,886	$1,326
1968	$2,025	$1,553
1969	$2,281	$1,803
1970	$2,771	$2,101
1971	$3,204	$2,321
1972	$3,824	$3,031
1973	$5,065	$4,061
1974	$5,660	$4,448
1975	$6,259	$4,776
1976	$6,659	$5,310
1977	$7,711	$6,473
1978	$9,517	$9,012
1979	$11,322	$9,301
1980	$12,183	$9,669
1981	$10,246	$10,583
1982	$9,950	$9,780
1983	$9,900	$10,652
1984	$9,347	$11,207
1985	$9,464	$11,809
1986	$13,511	$17,452
1987	$16,739	$21,142
1988	$17,997	$25,500
1989	$17,829	$25,266
1990	$22,386	$25,801
1991	$23,443	$29,428
1992	$26,560	$31,993
1993	$25,617	$36,345
1994	$27,202	$39,934
1995	$31,747	$44,198
1996	$30,600	$39,150
1997	$27,047	$35,638
1998	$27,396	$32,424
1999	$26,965	$36,610
2000	$23,926	$39,169
2001	$23,878	$34,406
2002	$25,487	$32,821
2003	$30,711	$35,387
2004	$34,567	$38,299
2005	$35,084	$37,813
2006	$36,980	$35,992
2007	$42,351	$35,779
2008	$46,386	$39,876
2009	$42,487	$41,309
2010	$42,410	$44,968
2011	$47,647	$48,760
2012	$44,736	$49,145
2013	$47,220	$40,899
2014	$48,971	$38,475
2015	$41,911	$34,961
2016	$42,961	$39,375
2017	$45,527	$38,834
2018	$48,875	$39,751
2019	$47,624	$40,416
2020	$47,380	$40,029
2021	$52,266	$40,095
2022	$49,686	$34,066
2023	$53,940	$33,836
2024	$55,800	$32,476

Germany vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Germany

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Germany	Japan
1950	66.8	59.3
1951	67.1	61
1952	67.5	63
1953	67.8	63.3
1954	68.1	64.5
1955	68.3	65.7
1956	68.6	65.6
1957	68.5	65.4
1958	69.2	67
1959	69.3	67.5
1960	69.3	67.7
1961	69.8	68.4
1962	70	68.7
1963	70.1	69.7
1964	70.6	70.2
1965	70.6	70.3
1966	70.7	71.1
1967	71	71.4
1968	70.6	71.7
1969	70.5	71.9
1970	70.7	72
1971	70.9	72.8
1972	71.1	73.3
1973	71.4	73.4
1974	71.7	73.8
1975	71.5	74.4
1976	72	74.8
1977	72.6	75.3
1978	72.6	75.7
1979	72.9	76.2
1980	73.1	76.1
1981	73.3	76.6
1982	73.6	77.1
1983	73.9	77.1
1984	74.4	77.5
1985	74.5	77.8
1986	74.7	78.2
1987	75.1	78.6
1988	75.3	78.5
1989	75.5	79
1990	75.3	79
1991	75.6	79.3
1992	76	79.3
1993	76.1	79.4
1994	76.4	79.8
1995	76.6	79.7
1996	76.8	80.4
1997	77.2	80.6
1998	77.6	80.6
1999	77.8	80.6
2000	78.1	81.2
2001	78.4	81.5
2002	78.5	81.8
2003	78.5	81.9
2004	79.1	82.1
2005	79.3	82
2006	79.6	82.4
2007	79.7	82.5
2008	79.8	82.6
2009	79.9	83
2010	80.1	82.9
2011	80.4	82.7
2012	80.5	83.2
2013	80.5	83.4
2014	80.9	83.6
2015	80.6	83.9
2016	80.8	84.1
2017	80.9	84.2
2018	80.9	84.3
2019	81.2	84.4
2020	81	84.7
2021	81.1	84.6
2022	80.6	84.1
2023	81.4	84.7
2024	81.5	84.9
2025	81.7	85

Germany and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Germany

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Germany	Japan
1960	72,814,900	93,216,000
1961	73,377,632	94,055,000
1962	74,025,784	94,933,000
1963	74,714,353	95,900,000
1964	75,318,337	96,903,000
1965	75,963,695	97,952,000
1966	76,600,311	98,851,000
1967	76,951,336	99,879,000
1968	77,294,314	101,011,000
1969	77,909,682	102,219,000
1970	78,169,289	103,403,000
1971	78,312,842	105,697,000
1972	78,688,452	107,188,000
1973	78,936,666	108,707,000
1974	78,967,433	110,162,000
1975	78,673,554	111,573,000
1976	78,336,950	112,775,000
1977	78,159,814	113,872,000
1978	78,091,820	114,913,000
1979	78,126,350	115,890,000
1980	78,288,576	116,807,000
1981	78,407,907	117,661,000
1982	78,333,366	118,480,000
1983	78,128,282	119,307,000
1984	77,858,685	120,083,000
1985	77,684,873	120,837,000
1986	77,720,436	121,482,000
1987	77,839,920	122,069,000
1988	78,144,619	122,578,000
1989	78,751,283	123,069,000
1990	79,433,029	123,478,000
1991	80,013,896	123,964,000
1992	80,624,598	124,425,000
1993	81,156,363	124,829,000
1994	81,438,348	125,178,000
1995	81,678,051	125,472,000
1996	81,914,831	125,757,000
1997	82,034,771	126,057,000
1998	82,047,195	126,400,000
1999	82,100,243	126,631,000
2000	82,211,508	126,843,000
2001	82,349,925	127,149,000
2002	82,488,495	127,445,000
2003	82,534,176	127,718,000
2004	82,516,260	127,761,000
2005	82,469,422	127,773,000
2006	82,376,451	127,854,000
2007	82,266,372	128,001,000
2008	82,110,097	128,063,000
2009	81,902,307	128,047,000
2010	81,776,930	128,070,000
2011	80,274,983	127,833,000
2012	80,425,823	127,629,000
2013	80,645,605	127,445,000
2014	80,982,500	127,276,000
2015	81,686,611	127,141,000
2016	82,348,669	127,076,000
2017	82,657,002	126,972,000
2018	82,905,782	126,811,000
2019	83,092,962	126,633,000
2020	83,160,871	126,261,000
2021	83,196,078	125,681,593
2022	83,797,985	125,124,989
2023	83,901,923	124,516,650
2024	83,510,950	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Germany and Japan

Fertility rate

Germany

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Germany	Japan
1960	2.37	2
1961	2.45	1.96
1962	2.44	1.98
1963	2.51	2
1964	2.54	2.05
1965	2.5	2.14
1966	2.53	1.58
1967	2.48	2.23
1968	2.38	2.13
1969	2.21	2.13
1970	2.03	2.13
1971	1.92	2.16
1972	1.71	2.14
1973	1.54	2.14
1974	1.51	2.05
1975	1.45	1.91
1976	1.45	1.85
1977	1.4	1.8
1978	1.38	1.79
1979	1.38	1.77
1980	1.44	1.75
1981	1.43	1.74
1982	1.41	1.77
1983	1.33	1.8
1984	1.29	1.81
1985	1.37	1.76
1986	1.43	1.72
1987	1.43	1.69
1988	1.46	1.66
1989	1.42	1.57
1990	1.45	1.54
1991	1.33	1.53
1992	1.29	1.5
1993	1.28	1.46
1994	1.24	1.5
1995	1.25	1.42
1996	1.3	1.43
1997	1.35	1.39
1998	1.36	1.38
1999	1.36	1.34
2000	1.38	1.36
2001	1.35	1.33
2002	1.34	1.32
2003	1.34	1.29
2004	1.36	1.29
2005	1.34	1.26
2006	1.33	1.32
2007	1.37	1.34
2008	1.38	1.37
2009	1.36	1.37
2010	1.39	1.39
2011	1.39	1.39
2012	1.41	1.41
2013	1.42	1.43
2014	1.47	1.42
2015	1.5	1.45
2016	1.6	1.44
2017	1.57	1.43
2018	1.57	1.42
2019	1.54	1.36
2020	1.53	1.33
2021	1.58	1.3
2022	1.46	1.26
2023	1.39	1.2

Germany and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Germany

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Germany	Japan
1960	34.7	25.8
1961	34.7	26.2
1962	34.7	26.5
1963	34.6	26.9
1964	34.5	27.2
1965	34.4	27.6
1966	34.4	28
1967	34.3	28.4
1968	34.2	28.6
1969	34.1	28.9
1970	34.3	29.2
1971	34.4	29.6
1972	34.6	29.9
1973	34.7	30.2
1974	35	30.4
1975	35.5	30.6
1976	35.8	30.9
1977	36.1	31.5
1978	36.3	32
1979	36.4	32.4
1980	36.5	32.8
1981	36.5	33.1
1982	36.6	33.7
1983	36.7	34.3
1984	37	34.9
1985	37.1	35.4
1986	37.2	35.9
1987	37.4	36.3
1988	37.6	36.8
1989	37.6	37.2
1990	37.6	37.7
1991	37.7	38.2
1992	37.8	38.7
1993	37.9	39.2
1994	38.1	39.6
1995	38.4	40
1996	38.6	40.3
1997	38.9	40.7
1998	39.3	41
1999	39.7	41.4
2000	40	41.8
2001	40.4	42.1
2002	40.8	42.5
2003	41.2	42.8
2004	41.6	43.2
2005	42	43.6
2006	42.5	43.9
2007	43.1	44.2
2008	43.5	44.6
2009	43.9	44.9
2010	44.2	45.2
2011	44.6	45.5
2012	45.1	45.8
2013	45.5	46.2
2014	45.7	46.6
2015	45.7	47
2016	45.7	47.3
2017	45.8	47.6
2018	45.8	48
2019	45.8	48.3
2020	45.8	48.7
2021	45.9	49.1
2022	46	49.5
2023	46.2	50
2024	46.3	50.4

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