Greece vs Japan statistics compared

Greece has a population of 10.4M (ranked 94/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Greece's land area is 49,769 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 95th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Greece ranks 54/197 ($257B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,752), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Greece and Japan: Comparison Charts

Greece and Japan economies compared

GDP

Greece

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Greece	Japan
1960	$4,274,890,307	$47,419,238,274
1961	$4,892,397,431	$57,266,758,180
1962	$5,140,542,929	$64,987,857,542
1963	$5,813,285,627	$74,379,284,603
1964	$6,576,906,345	$87,490,590,818
1965	$7,582,209,670	$97,338,107,606
1966	$8,472,021,467	$113,046,784,179
1967	$9,146,592,856	$132,475,614,227
1968	$9,950,331,206	$156,897,496,759
1969	$11,454,106,327	$184,298,841,305
1970	$12,957,113,636	$217,223,652,719
1971	$14,388,806,818	$245,364,056,622
1972	$16,650,659,091	$324,933,841,269
1973	$22,037,019,563	$441,460,582,536
1974	$24,998,715,909	$490,035,789,970
1975	$28,129,128,587	$532,861,438,885
1976	$30,719,552,239	$598,883,902,156
1977	$35,673,080,481	$737,069,290,928
1978	$43,654,480,519	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$53,724,121,435	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$56,039,256,595	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$51,618,456,335	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$53,858,346,939	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$48,741,397,059	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$47,352,146,312	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$47,155,741,426	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$55,595,445,472	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$64,739,630,096	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$75,200,610,137	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$78,067,933,277	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$96,529,587,274	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$103,680,863,713	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$114,608,178,405	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$107,295,704,518	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$114,980,063,202	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$134,974,613,914	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$142,502,984,145	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$138,766,067,640	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$139,612,812,176	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$137,131,371,955	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$125,760,166,225	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$132,050,474,720	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$150,253,800,086	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$196,930,509,813	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$234,979,615,898	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$242,315,668,619	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$269,073,415,334	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$314,226,996,944	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$351,121,399,546	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$326,829,054,686	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$296,417,644,404	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$283,228,079,776	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$238,841,140,018	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$236,556,279,641	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$233,911,581,521	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$194,567,373,678	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$193,097,239,006	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$200,381,103,984	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$213,298,873,494	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$207,305,649,887	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$191,362,985,555	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$218,303,801,895	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$218,880,566,444	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$243,498,333,238	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$257,144,811,302	$4,026,210,821,147

Greece and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Greece

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Greece	Japan
1960	$513	$509
1961	$583	$609
1962	$608	$685
1963	$686	$776
1964	$773	$903
1965	$887	$994
1966	$984	$1,144
1967	$1,053	$1,326
1968	$1,138	$1,553
1969	$1,306	$1,803
1970	$1,474	$2,101
1971	$1,629	$2,321
1972	$1,873	$3,031
1973	$2,468	$4,061
1974	$2,789	$4,448
1975	$3,109	$4,776
1976	$3,343	$5,310
1977	$3,832	$6,473
1978	$4,629	$9,012
1979	$5,627	$9,301
1980	$5,812	$9,669
1981	$5,305	$10,583
1982	$5,502	$9,780
1983	$4,950	$10,652
1984	$4,785	$11,207
1985	$4,747	$11,809
1986	$5,578	$17,452
1987	$6,474	$21,142
1988	$7,492	$25,500
1989	$7,738	$25,266
1990	$9,467	$25,801
1991	$10,047	$29,428
1992	$11,021	$31,993
1993	$10,257	$36,345
1994	$10,937	$39,934
1995	$12,779	$44,198
1996	$13,433	$39,150
1997	$13,016	$35,638
1998	$13,023	$32,424
1999	$12,743	$36,610
2000	$11,638	$39,169
2001	$12,157	$34,406
2002	$13,782	$32,821
2003	$18,021	$35,387
2004	$21,449	$38,299
2005	$22,054	$37,813
2006	$24,416	$35,992
2007	$28,441	$35,779
2008	$31,696	$39,876
2009	$29,425	$41,309
2010	$26,653	$44,968
2011	$25,505	$48,760
2012	$21,624	$49,145
2013	$21,573	$40,899
2014	$21,475	$38,475
2015	$17,981	$34,961
2016	$17,919	$39,375
2017	$18,632	$38,834
2018	$19,873	$39,751
2019	$19,335	$40,416
2020	$17,887	$40,029
2021	$20,655	$40,095
2022	$20,972	$34,066
2023	$23,401	$33,836
2024	$24,752	$32,476

Greece vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Greece

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Greece	Japan
1950	66.2	59.3
1951	66.7	61
1952	67.3	63
1953	67.5	63.3
1954	68	64.5
1955	68.6	65.7
1956	68.1	65.6
1957	68.4	65.4
1958	69.7	67
1959	69.6	67.5
1960	70.5	67.7
1961	70.4	68.4
1962	70.3	68.7
1963	70.6	69.7
1964	70.5	70.2
1965	71.5	70.3
1966	71.9	71.1
1967	71.4	71.4
1968	71.5	71.7
1969	72.1	71.9
1970	72.7	72
1971	72.9	72.8
1972	72.7	73.3
1973	73	73.4
1974	73.5	73.8
1975	73.5	74.4
1976	73.7	74.8
1977	73.8	75.3
1978	74.4	75.7
1979	74.7	76.2
1980	74.5	76.1
1981	74.9	76.6
1982	75.2	77.1
1983	75.5	77.1
1984	75.8	77.5
1985	76.1	77.8
1986	76.5	78.2
1987	76.1	78.6
1988	77	78.5
1989	77.1	79
1990	77.3	79
1991	77.4	79.3
1992	77.3	79.3
1993	77.7	79.4
1994	77.9	79.8
1995	77.9	79.7
1996	78	80.4
1997	78.4	80.6
1998	78.3	80.6
1999	78.4	80.6
2000	78.4	81.2
2001	78.9	81.5
2002	79	81.8
2003	79.1	81.9
2004	79.4	82.1
2005	79.7	82
2006	79.8	82.4
2007	79.7	82.5
2008	80.1	82.6
2009	80.4	83
2010	80.6	82.9
2011	80.6	82.7
2012	80.4	83.2
2013	81.1	83.4
2014	81.1	83.6
2015	80.8	83.9
2016	81.3	84.1
2017	81	84.2
2018	81.5	84.3
2019	81.3	84.4
2020	81.5	84.7
2021	80.5	84.6
2022	79.9	84.1
2023	81.9	84.7
2024	82	84.9
2025	82.2	85

Greece and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Greece

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Greece	Japan
1960	8,331,725	93,216,000
1961	8,398,050	94,055,000
1962	8,448,233	94,933,000
1963	8,479,625	95,900,000
1964	8,510,429	96,903,000
1965	8,550,333	97,952,000
1966	8,613,651	98,851,000
1967	8,684,088	99,879,000
1968	8,740,765	101,011,000
1969	8,772,764	102,219,000
1970	8,792,806	103,403,000
1971	8,831,036	105,697,000
1972	8,888,628	107,188,000
1973	8,929,086	108,707,000
1974	8,962,022	110,162,000
1975	9,046,541	111,573,000
1976	9,188,150	112,775,000
1977	9,308,479	113,872,000
1978	9,429,959	114,913,000
1979	9,548,258	115,890,000
1980	9,642,505	116,807,000
1981	9,729,350	117,661,000
1982	9,789,513	118,480,000
1983	9,846,627	119,307,000
1984	9,895,801	120,083,000
1985	9,934,300	120,837,000
1986	9,967,213	121,482,000
1987	10,000,595	122,069,000
1988	10,036,983	122,578,000
1989	10,089,498	123,069,000
1990	10,196,792	123,478,000
1991	10,319,927	123,964,000
1992	10,399,061	124,425,000
1993	10,460,415	124,829,000
1994	10,512,922	125,178,000
1995	10,562,153	125,472,000
1996	10,608,800	125,757,000
1997	10,661,259	126,057,000
1998	10,720,509	126,400,000
1999	10,761,698	126,631,000
2000	10,805,808	126,843,000
2001	10,862,132	127,149,000
2002	10,902,022	127,445,000
2003	10,928,070	127,718,000
2004	10,955,141	127,761,000
2005	10,987,314	127,773,000
2006	11,020,362	127,854,000
2007	11,048,473	128,001,000
2008	11,077,841	128,063,000
2009	11,107,017	128,047,000
2010	11,121,341	128,070,000
2011	11,104,899	127,833,000
2012	11,045,011	127,629,000
2013	10,965,211	127,445,000
2014	10,892,413	127,276,000
2015	10,820,883	127,141,000
2016	10,775,971	127,076,000
2017	10,754,679	126,972,000
2018	10,732,882	126,811,000
2019	10,721,582	126,633,000
2020	10,698,599	126,261,000
2021	10,569,207	125,681,593
2022	10,436,882	125,124,989
2023	10,405,588	124,516,650
2024	10,388,805	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Greece and Japan

Fertility rate

Greece

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Greece	Japan
1960	2.23	2
1961	2.13	1.96
1962	2.16	1.98
1963	2.14	2
1964	2.24	2.05
1965	2.25	2.14
1966	2.32	1.58
1967	2.45	2.23
1968	2.42	2.13
1969	2.36	2.13
1970	2.4	2.13
1971	2.32	2.16
1972	2.32	2.14
1973	2.27	2.14
1974	2.38	2.05
1975	2.33	1.91
1976	2.35	1.85
1977	2.27	1.8
1978	2.28	1.79
1979	2.26	1.77
1980	2.23	1.75
1981	2.09	1.74
1982	2.03	1.77
1983	1.94	1.8
1984	1.83	1.81
1985	1.67	1.76
1986	1.6	1.72
1987	1.5	1.69
1988	1.5	1.66
1989	1.4	1.57
1990	1.39	1.54
1991	1.37	1.53
1992	1.36	1.5
1993	1.32	1.46
1994	1.33	1.5
1995	1.28	1.42
1996	1.26	1.43
1997	1.27	1.39
1998	1.24	1.38
1999	1.23	1.34
2000	1.25	1.36
2001	1.25	1.33
2002	1.28	1.32
2003	1.29	1.29
2004	1.31	1.29
2005	1.34	1.26
2006	1.4	1.32
2007	1.41	1.34
2008	1.5	1.37
2009	1.5	1.37
2010	1.48	1.39
2011	1.4	1.39
2012	1.34	1.41
2013	1.29	1.43
2014	1.3	1.42
2015	1.33	1.45
2016	1.38	1.44
2017	1.35	1.43
2018	1.35	1.42
2019	1.34	1.36
2020	1.39	1.33
2021	1.43	1.3
2022	1.32	1.26
2023	1.32	1.2

Greece and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Greece

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Greece	Japan
1960	28.5	25.8
1961	29	26.2
1962	29.3	26.5
1963	29.4	26.9
1964	29.4	27.2
1965	31	27.6
1966	30.9	28
1967	31.1	28.4
1968	31.3	28.6
1969	31.6	28.9
1970	33.2	29.2
1971	32.9	29.6
1972	33	29.9
1973	33.3	30.2
1974	33.6	30.4
1975	33.8	30.6
1976	33.8	30.9
1977	33.9	31.5
1978	33.9	32
1979	34	32.4
1980	33.8	32.8
1981	33.7	33.1
1982	33.9	33.7
1983	34.1	34.3
1984	34.3	34.9
1985	34.5	35.4
1986	34.8	35.9
1987	35.1	36.3
1988	35.4	36.8
1989	35.7	37.2
1990	36	37.7
1991	36.3	38.2
1992	36.5	38.7
1993	36.6	39.2
1994	36.8	39.6
1995	37	40
1996	37.2	40.3
1997	37.4	40.7
1998	37.6	41
1999	37.8	41.4
2000	38	41.8
2001	38.2	42.1
2002	38.5	42.5
2003	38.8	42.8
2004	39.1	43.2
2005	39.4	43.6
2006	39.7	43.9
2007	40.1	44.2
2008	40.5	44.6
2009	40.9	44.9
2010	41.4	45.2
2011	41.8	45.5
2012	42.2	45.8
2013	42.7	46.2
2014	43.2	46.6
2015	43.7	47
2016	44.1	47.3
2017	44.4	47.6
2018	44.7	48
2019	45	48.3
2020	45.3	48.7
2021	45.9	49.1
2022	46.4	49.5
2023	46.7	50
2024	47.3	50.4

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Greece and Japan.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size