Japan vs Kuwait statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 4.97M in Kuwait (ranked 127/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 6,880 sq mi for Kuwait (ranked 61st vs. 153rd).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214).

Japan and Kuwait: Comparison Charts

Japan and Kuwait economies compared

GDP

Japan

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Kuwait
1960	$47,419,238,274	-
1961	$57,266,758,180	-
1962	$64,987,857,542	$1,828,107,503
1963	$74,379,284,603	$1,900,895,857
1964	$87,490,590,818	$2,071,668,533
1965	$97,338,107,606	$2,097,199,161
1966	$113,046,784,179	$2,391,199,044
1967	$132,475,614,227	$2,441,599,023
1968	$156,897,496,759	$2,662,798,935
1969	$184,298,841,305	$2,769,198,892
1970	$217,223,652,719	$2,873,638,851
1971	$245,364,056,622	$3,880,392,195
1972	$324,933,841,269	$4,450,537,925
1973	$441,460,582,536	$5,408,804,607
1974	$490,035,789,970	$13,006,948,296
1975	$532,861,438,885	$12,022,811,621
1976	$598,883,902,156	$13,132,252,802
1977	$737,069,290,928	$14,137,406,741
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$15,503,557,496
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$24,749,063,922
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$28,638,868,356
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$25,058,020,338
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$21,577,153,356
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$20,871,081,080
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$21,700,082,753
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$21,445,970,614
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$17,903,989,745
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$22,368,704,134
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$20,690,322,153
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$24,313,855,653
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$18,427,777,778
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$11,009,993,703
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$19,858,555,215
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$23,941,391,391
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$24,848,483,838
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$27,186,980,647
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$31,492,373,309
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$30,350,190,704
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$25,943,705,784
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$30,122,365,849
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$37,718,743,480
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$34,889,559,870
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$38,135,788,414
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$47,874,582,232
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$59,439,090,601
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$80,798,630,137
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$101,557,330,723
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$114,634,043,362
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$147,379,737,230
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$105,968,691,905
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$115,416,245,238
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$154,039,231,299
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$174,047,662,555
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$174,168,116,687
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$162,650,450,785
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$114,585,555,831
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$109,406,674,088
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$120,687,539,676
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$138,646,316,322
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$140,856,394,870
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$111,045,470,461
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$148,350,671,614
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$183,502,046,669
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$165,384,407,267
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$160,227,273,001

Japan and Kuwait economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Kuwait
1960	$509	-
1961	$609	-
1962	$685	$4,748
1963	$776	$4,445
1964	$903	$4,379
1965	$994	$4,024
1966	$1,144	$4,176
1967	$1,326	$3,887
1968	$1,553	$3,872
1969	$1,803	$3,695
1970	$2,101	$3,552
1971	$2,321	$4,486
1972	$3,031	$4,836
1973	$4,061	$5,532
1974	$4,448	$12,527
1975	$4,776	$10,882
1976	$5,310	$11,141
1977	$6,473	$11,238
1978	$9,012	$11,567
1979	$9,301	$17,386
1980	$9,669	$19,032
1981	$10,583	$15,825
1982	$9,780	$12,979
1983	$10,652	$11,965
1984	$11,207	$11,919
1985	$11,809	$11,322
1986	$17,452	$9,077
1987	$21,142	$10,896
1988	$25,500	$9,692
1989	$25,266	$10,965
1990	$25,801	$10,938
1991	$29,428	$8,147
1992	$31,993	$12,146
1993	$36,345	$14,318
1994	$39,934	$14,930
1995	$44,198	$16,168
1996	$39,150	$18,201
1997	$35,638	$16,977
1998	$32,424	$14,067
1999	$36,610	$15,854
2000	$39,169	$19,296
2001	$34,406	$17,374
2002	$32,821	$18,513
2003	$35,387	$22,691
2004	$38,299	$27,552
2005	$37,813	$36,123
2006	$35,992	$42,947
2007	$35,779	$45,709
2008	$39,876	$55,585
2009	$41,309	$37,907
2010	$44,968	$39,212
2011	$48,760	$49,170
2012	$49,145	$52,155
2013	$40,899	$49,651
2014	$38,475	$44,369
2015	$34,961	$29,882
2016	$39,375	$27,324
2017	$38,834	$29,048
2018	$39,751	$32,068
2019	$40,416	$31,708
2020	$40,029	$25,236
2021	$40,095	$34,019
2022	$34,066	$39,982
2023	$33,836	$34,076
2024	$32,476	$32,214

Japan vs. Kuwait life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Kuwait

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Kuwait
1950	59.3	49.7
1951	61	50.6
1952	63	51.4
1953	63.3	52.3
1954	64.5	53.1
1955	65.7	54
1956	65.6	54.9
1957	65.4	55.9
1958	67	56.9
1959	67.5	57.9
1960	67.7	58.9
1961	68.4	60
1962	68.7	61
1963	69.7	62
1964	70.2	63
1965	70.3	63.9
1966	71.1	64.9
1967	71.4	65.8
1968	71.7	66.6
1969	71.9	67.3
1970	72	68
1971	72.8	68.5
1972	73.3	68.9
1973	73.4	69.2
1974	73.8	69.4
1975	74.4	69.7
1976	74.8	69.9
1977	75.3	70.2
1978	75.7	70.5
1979	76.2	70.8
1980	76.1	71.1
1981	76.6	71.5
1982	77.1	71.9
1983	77.1	72.4
1984	77.5	72.9
1985	77.8	73.3
1986	78.2	73.8
1987	78.6	74.2
1988	78.5	74.6
1989	79	75
1990	79	72.9
1991	79.3	73.3
1992	79.3	75.7
1993	79.4	75.8
1994	79.8	75.7
1995	79.7	75.7
1996	80.4	75.6
1997	80.6	75.6
1998	80.6	75.6
1999	80.6	75.7
2000	81.2	75.9
2001	81.5	76
2002	81.8	76.2
2003	81.9	76.3
2004	82.1	76.4
2005	82	76.5
2006	82.4	76.6
2007	82.5	76.7
2008	82.6	76.9
2009	83	77.2
2010	82.9	77.5
2011	82.7	77.9
2012	83.2	78.2
2013	83.4	78.6
2014	83.6	78.9
2015	83.9	79.2
2016	84.1	79.5
2017	84.2	79.7
2018	84.3	79.9
2019	84.4	80
2020	84.7	78.2
2021	84.6	77.6
2022	84.1	78.8
2023	84.7	80.4
2024	84.9	80.6
2025	85	80.8

Japan and Kuwait population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Kuwait

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Kuwait
1960	93,216,000	311,060
1961	94,055,000	345,945
1962	94,933,000	384,995
1963	95,900,000	427,694
1964	96,903,000	473,115
1965	97,952,000	521,174
1966	98,851,000	572,590
1967	99,879,000	628,089
1968	101,011,000	687,716
1969	102,219,000	749,452
1970	103,403,000	809,114
1971	105,697,000	865,076
1972	107,188,000	920,352
1973	108,707,000	977,654
1974	110,162,000	1,038,346
1975	111,573,000	1,104,863
1976	112,775,000	1,178,711
1977	113,872,000	1,258,023
1978	114,913,000	1,340,319
1979	115,890,000	1,423,514
1980	116,807,000	1,504,782
1981	117,661,000	1,583,426
1982	118,480,000	1,662,480
1983	119,307,000	1,744,295
1984	120,083,000	1,820,688
1985	120,837,000	1,894,242
1986	121,482,000	1,972,520
1987	122,069,000	2,052,994
1988	122,578,000	2,134,707
1989	123,069,000	2,217,468
1990	123,478,000	1,684,819
1991	123,964,000	1,351,399
1992	124,425,000	1,634,961
1993	124,829,000	1,672,151
1994	125,178,000	1,664,361
1995	125,472,000	1,681,513
1996	125,757,000	1,730,246
1997	126,057,000	1,787,683
1998	126,400,000	1,844,302
1999	126,631,000	1,900,030
2000	126,843,000	1,954,709
2001	127,149,000	2,008,121
2002	127,445,000	2,059,974
2003	127,718,000	2,109,881
2004	127,761,000	2,157,320
2005	127,773,000	2,236,788
2006	127,854,000	2,364,733
2007	128,001,000	2,507,887
2008	128,063,000	2,651,421
2009	128,047,000	2,795,484
2010	128,070,000	2,943,372
2011	127,833,000	3,132,814
2012	127,629,000	3,337,109
2013	127,445,000	3,507,844
2014	127,276,000	3,665,876
2015	127,141,000	3,834,574
2016	127,076,000	4,004,096
2017	126,972,000	4,154,812
2018	126,811,000	4,323,515
2019	126,633,000	4,442,316
2020	126,261,000	4,400,267
2021	125,681,593	4,360,865
2022	125,124,989	4,589,643
2023	124,516,650	4,853,420
2024	123,975,371	4,973,861

Fertility rates in Japan and Kuwait

Fertility rate

Japan

Kuwait

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Kuwait
1960	2	7.22
1961	1.96	7.25
1962	1.98	7.25
1963	2	7.28
1964	2.05	7.29
1965	2.14	7.31
1966	1.58	7.34
1967	2.23	7.33
1968	2.13	7.28
1969	2.13	7.18
1970	2.13	7.03
1971	2.16	6.84
1972	2.14	6.64
1973	2.14	6.43
1974	2.05	6.23
1975	1.91	6.06
1976	1.85	5.9
1977	1.8	5.71
1978	1.79	5.52
1979	1.77	5.33
1980	1.75	5.18
1981	1.74	5.02
1982	1.77	4.85
1983	1.8	4.66
1984	1.81	4.45
1985	1.76	4.22
1986	1.72	4
1987	1.69	3.83
1988	1.66	3.7
1989	1.57	3.59
1990	1.54	3.49
1991	1.53	3.4
1992	1.5	3.35
1993	1.46	3.31
1994	1.5	3.27
1995	1.42	3.25
1996	1.43	3.22
1997	1.39	3.14
1998	1.38	3.04
1999	1.34	2.95
2000	1.36	2.89
2001	1.33	2.84
2002	1.32	2.8
2003	1.29	2.77
2004	1.29	2.76
2005	1.26	2.73
2006	1.32	2.59
2007	1.34	2.41
2008	1.37	2.27
2009	1.37	2.15
2010	1.39	2.04
2011	1.39	1.96
2012	1.41	1.99
2013	1.43	1.97
2014	1.42	2.06
2015	1.45	2.03
2016	1.44	2.06
2017	1.43	2.16
2018	1.42	2.12
2019	1.36	2.08
2020	1.33	2.03
2021	1.3	2.15
2022	1.26	1.55
2023	1.2	1.52

Japan and Kuwait demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Kuwait

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Kuwait
1960	25.8	22
1961	26.2	21.8
1962	26.5	21.5
1963	26.9	21
1964	27.2	20.7
1965	27.6	20.4
1966	28	20
1967	28.4	19.6
1968	28.6	19.2
1969	28.9	18.8
1970	29.2	18.5
1971	29.6	18.3
1972	29.9	18.3
1973	30.2	18.3
1974	30.4	18.4
1975	30.6	18.4
1976	30.9	18.7
1977	31.5	19.2
1978	32	19.6
1979	32.4	20.1
1980	32.8	20.5
1981	33.1	20.9
1982	33.7	21.3
1983	34.3	21.7
1984	34.9	22.1
1985	35.4	22.4
1986	35.9	22.7
1987	36.3	22.8
1988	36.8	23
1989	37.2	23.2
1990	37.7	23.4
1991	38.2	23.6
1992	38.7	23.8
1993	39.2	24.2
1994	39.6	25.1
1995	40	25.5
1996	40.3	25.5
1997	40.7	25.5
1998	41	25.5
1999	41.4	25.6
2000	41.8	25.9
2001	42.1	26.3
2002	42.5	26.8
2003	42.8	27.3
2004	43.2	27.9
2005	43.6	28.3
2006	43.9	28.5
2007	44.2	28.6
2008	44.6	28.8
2009	44.9	29.2
2010	45.2	29.6
2011	45.5	30.5
2012	45.8	31.5
2013	46.2	32.3
2014	46.6	33
2015	47	33.8
2016	47.3	34.7
2017	47.6	35.6
2018	48	36.4
2019	48.3	37.1
2020	48.7	37.7
2021	49.1	35.8
2022	49.5	34.4
2023	50	35.5
2024	50.4	35.8

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