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Japan vs Maldives statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 528K in Maldives (ranked 168/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 115.1 sq mi for Maldives (ranked 61st vs. 188th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216).

Main facts and rankings

Japan Maldives
Population
123324642
531152
Population rank 12/197 168/197
GDP
$4.03T
2024
$6.98B
2024
GDP rank 4/197 160/197
GDP per capita
$32,476
2024
$13,216
2024
GDP per capita rank 37/197 77/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$51,685
2024
$26,543
2024
Government debt
$9.53T
2024
$9.34B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
234.9%
2025
140.8%
2025
Government debt per person
$76,857
2024
$17,702
2024
Government debt per person rank 3/185 33/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$23,719
2025
$10,769
2025
Land area
140,761 sq mi
2025
115.1 sq mi
2025
Population density
881 ppl/mi²
2024
4,587 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.2
2023
1.58
2023
Median age
50.4 years
2024
32.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
85 years
2025
81.5 years
2025

Japan and Maldives: Comparison Charts

Japan and Maldives economies compared

GDP
Japan

Maldives
Year GDP
Japan Maldives
1960 $47,419,238,274 -
1961 $57,266,758,180 -
1962 $64,987,857,542 -
1963 $74,379,284,603 -
1964 $87,490,590,818 -
1965 $97,338,107,606 -
1966 $113,046,784,179 -
1967 $132,475,614,227 -
1968 $156,897,496,759 -
1969 $184,298,841,305 -
1970 $217,223,652,719 $19,328,038
1971 $245,364,056,622 $21,566,404
1972 $324,933,841,269 $25,177,138
1973 $441,460,582,536 $30,862,042
1974 $490,035,789,970 $39,120,171
1975 $532,861,438,885 $24,540,878
1976 $598,883,902,156 $22,399,467
1977 $737,069,290,928 $20,853,789
1978 $1,035,611,588,217 $24,369,109
1979 $1,077,910,077,676 $38,523,364
1980 $1,129,377,244,854 $42,463,576
1981 $1,245,221,410,764 $44,781,457
1982 $1,158,731,426,906 $47,911,340
1983 $1,270,859,919,743 $57,829,787
1984 $1,345,824,500,837 $109,503,546
1985 $1,427,019,759,717 $127,190,758
1986 $2,120,083,812,110 $141,882,254
1987 $2,580,748,422,781 $141,223,029
1988 $3,125,724,434,401 $168,514,513
1989 $3,109,455,047,824 $189,514,434
1990 $3,185,904,656,664 $215,043,970
1991 $3,648,065,760,649 $244,396,762
1992 $3,980,702,922,118 $284,875,809
1993 $4,536,940,479,038 $322,417,837
1994 $4,998,797,547,741 $356,014,932
1995 $5,545,563,663,890 $398,988,955
1996 $4,923,391,533,852 $450,382,328
1997 $4,492,448,605,639 $508,223,602
1998 $4,098,362,709,531 $540,096,398
1999 $4,635,982,224,064 $589,239,754
2000 $4,968,359,075,957 $624,337,145
2001 $4,374,711,694,091 $870,031,677
2002 $4,182,846,045,874 $897,031,250
2003 $4,519,561,645,254 $1,052,121,055
2004 $4,893,116,005,657 $1,226,829,563
2005 $4,831,467,035,390 $1,163,362,438
2006 $4,601,663,122,650 $1,575,200,391
2007 $4,579,750,920,355 $1,868,383,461
2008 $5,106,679,115,127 $2,271,646,188
2009 $5,289,493,117,994 $2,345,294,875
2010 $5,759,071,769,013 $2,588,176,055
2011 $6,233,147,172,341 $2,774,350,240
2012 $6,272,362,996,105 $2,886,163,997
2013 $5,212,328,181,166 $3,295,009,238
2014 $4,896,994,405,353 $3,697,353,039
2015 $4,444,930,651,964 $4,129,505,319
2016 $5,003,677,627,544 $4,409,942,624
2017 $4,930,837,369,151 $4,816,426,257
2018 $5,040,880,939,325 $5,404,344,163
2019 $5,117,993,853,017 $5,726,094,799
2020 $5,054,068,005,376 $3,712,604,583
2021 $5,039,148,168,861 $5,252,457,370
2022 $4,262,463,317,797 $6,177,118,114
2023 $4,213,167,237,906 $6,590,894,302
2024 $4,026,210,821,147 $6,975,146,349

Japan and Maldives economies compared

GDP per capita
Japan

Maldives
Year GDP per capita
Japan Maldives
1960 $509 -
1961 $609 -
1962 $685 -
1963 $776 -
1964 $903 -
1965 $994 -
1966 $1,144 -
1967 $1,326 -
1968 $1,553 -
1969 $1,803 -
1970 $2,101 $156.9
1971 $2,321 $169.8
1972 $3,031 $192.2
1973 $4,061 $228.7
1974 $4,448 $281.5
1975 $4,776 $171.4
1976 $5,310 $151.8
1977 $6,473 $137.3
1978 $9,012 $156.1
1979 $9,301 $240.2
1980 $9,669 $257.6
1981 $10,583 $264.1
1982 $9,780 $274.8
1983 $10,652 $323
1984 $11,207 $594
1985 $11,809 $669
1986 $17,452 $720
1987 $21,142 $692
1988 $25,500 $799
1989 $25,266 $870
1990 $25,801 $957
1991 $29,428 $1,054
1992 $31,993 $1,194
1993 $36,345 $1,317
1994 $39,934 $1,419
1995 $44,198 $1,555
1996 $39,150 $1,717
1997 $35,638 $1,898
1998 $32,424 $1,980
1999 $36,610 $2,124
2000 $39,169 $2,214
2001 $34,406 $3,034
2002 $32,821 $3,076
2003 $35,387 $3,549
2004 $38,299 $4,070
2005 $37,813 $3,797
2006 $35,992 $5,019
2007 $35,779 $5,758
2008 $39,876 $6,757
2009 $41,309 $6,734
2010 $44,968 $7,174
2011 $48,760 $7,425
2012 $49,145 $7,461
2013 $40,899 $8,236
2014 $38,475 $8,939
2015 $34,961 $9,645
2016 $39,375 $9,948
2017 $38,834 $10,510
2018 $39,751 $11,423
2019 $40,416 $11,740
2020 $40,029 $7,394
2021 $40,095 $10,176
2022 $34,066 $11,786
2023 $33,836 $12,530
2024 $32,476 $13,216

Japan vs. Maldives life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Japan

Maldives
Year Life expectancy, years
Japan Maldives
1950 59.3 36.5
1951 61 37.1
1952 63 37
1953 63.3 36.9
1954 64.5 36.9
1955 65.7 37
1956 65.6 37.1
1957 65.4 37.3
1958 67 37.6
1959 67.5 37.9
1960 67.7 38.2
1961 68.4 38.6
1962 68.7 39.1
1963 69.7 39.6
1964 70.2 40.2
1965 70.3 40.8
1966 71.1 41.4
1967 71.4 42.1
1968 71.7 42.9
1969 71.9 43.7
1970 72 44.5
1971 72.8 45.5
1972 73.3 46.4
1973 73.4 47.5
1974 73.8 48.5
1975 74.4 49.6
1976 74.8 50.8
1977 75.3 51.8
1978 75.7 50.4
1979 76.2 53.9
1980 76.1 54.8
1981 76.6 55.7
1982 77.1 56.6
1983 77.1 57.5
1984 77.5 58.3
1985 77.8 59.2
1986 78.2 60
1987 78.6 60.8
1988 78.5 61.6
1989 79 62.4
1990 79 63.1
1991 79.3 63.9
1992 79.3 64.7
1993 79.4 65.4
1994 79.8 66.2
1995 79.7 67
1996 80.4 67.7
1997 80.6 68.5
1998 80.6 69.3
1999 80.6 70.2
2000 81.2 70.9
2001 81.5 71.7
2002 81.8 72.4
2003 81.9 73.3
2004 82.1 73
2005 82 74.8
2006 82.4 75.3
2007 82.5 75.7
2008 82.6 76
2009 83 76.4
2010 82.9 76.8
2011 82.7 77.1
2012 83.2 77.5
2013 83.4 77.8
2014 83.6 78.2
2015 83.9 78.6
2016 84.1 78.9
2017 84.2 79.2
2018 84.3 79.4
2019 84.4 79.7
2020 84.7 78.7
2021 84.6 78.1
2022 84.1 80.8
2023 84.7 81
2024 84.9 81.3
2025 85 81.5

Japan and Maldives population clocks and comparison

Population
Japan

Maldives
Year Population
Japan Maldives
1960 93,216,000 91,189
1961 94,055,000 93,450
1962 94,933,000 95,802
1963 95,900,000 98,222
1964 96,903,000 100,662
1965 97,952,000 104,102
1966 98,851,000 108,507
1967 99,879,000 112,528
1968 101,011,000 116,075
1969 102,219,000 119,564
1970 103,403,000 123,219
1971 105,697,000 127,035
1972 107,188,000 130,968
1973 108,707,000 134,952
1974 110,162,000 138,978
1975 111,573,000 143,158
1976 112,775,000 147,525
1977 113,872,000 151,930
1978 114,913,000 156,159
1979 115,890,000 160,360
1980 116,807,000 164,835
1981 117,661,000 169,532
1982 118,480,000 174,333
1983 119,307,000 179,128
1984 120,083,000 184,198
1985 120,837,000 190,169
1986 121,482,000 196,935
1987 122,069,000 203,944
1988 122,578,000 210,885
1989 123,069,000 217,738
1990 123,478,000 224,762
1991 123,964,000 231,802
1992 124,425,000 238,543
1993 124,829,000 244,884
1994 125,178,000 250,822
1995 125,472,000 256,649
1996 125,757,000 262,347
1997 126,057,000 267,707
1998 126,400,000 272,723
1999 126,631,000 277,412
2000 126,843,000 282,019
2001 127,149,000 286,767
2002 127,445,000 291,616
2003 127,718,000 296,491
2004 127,761,000 301,413
2005 127,773,000 306,429
2006 127,854,000 313,851
2007 128,001,000 324,479
2008 128,063,000 336,170
2009 128,047,000 348,275
2010 128,070,000 360,792
2011 127,833,000 373,674
2012 127,629,000 386,818
2013 127,445,000 400,070
2014 127,276,000 413,617
2015 127,141,000 428,154
2016 127,076,000 443,308
2017 126,972,000 458,287
2018 126,811,000 473,099
2019 126,633,000 487,731
2020 126,261,000 502,118
2021 125,681,593 516,154
2022 125,124,989 524,106
2023 124,516,650 525,994
2024 123,975,371 527,799

Fertility rates in Japan and Maldives

Fertility rate
Japan

Maldives
Year Fertility rate
Japan Maldives
1960 2 6.71
1961 1.96 6.79
1962 1.98 6.89
1963 2 6.94
1964 2.05 7
1965 2.14 7.07
1966 1.58 7.15
1967 2.23 7.23
1968 2.13 7.28
1969 2.13 7.33
1970 2.13 7.39
1971 2.16 7.38
1972 2.14 7.37
1973 2.14 7.4
1974 2.05 7.38
1975 1.91 7.32
1976 1.85 7.29
1977 1.8 7.27
1978 1.79 7.23
1979 1.77 7.23
1980 1.75 7.23
1981 1.74 7.19
1982 1.77 7.15
1983 1.8 7.09
1984 1.81 7.03
1985 1.76 6.94
1986 1.72 6.85
1987 1.69 6.73
1988 1.66 6.58
1989 1.57 6.39
1990 1.54 6.13
1991 1.53 5.8
1992 1.5 5.44
1993 1.46 5.06
1994 1.5 4.69
1995 1.42 4.29
1996 1.43 3.86
1997 1.39 3.48
1998 1.38 3.17
1999 1.34 2.9
2000 1.36 2.69
2001 1.33 2.53
2002 1.32 2.42
2003 1.29 2.34
2004 1.29 2.26
2005 1.26 2.2
2006 1.32 2.2
2007 1.34 2.29
2008 1.37 2.37
2009 1.37 2.39
2010 1.39 2.35
2011 1.39 2.31
2012 1.41 2.25
2013 1.43 2.17
2014 1.42 2.09
2015 1.45 2
2016 1.44 1.9
2017 1.43 1.8
2018 1.42 1.71
2019 1.36 1.64
2020 1.33 1.61
2021 1.3 1.6
2022 1.26 1.58
2023 1.2 1.58

Japan and Maldives demographics compared

Median age
Japan

Maldives
Year Median age, years
Japan Maldives
1960 25.8 20.6
1961 26.2 20.6
1962 26.5 20.6
1963 26.9 20.6
1964 27.2 20.5
1965 27.6 19.9
1966 28 18.9
1967 28.4 18.2
1968 28.6 17.8
1969 28.9 17.6
1970 29.2 17.4
1971 29.6 17.3
1972 29.9 17.2
1973 30.2 17.2
1974 30.4 17.2
1975 30.6 17.1
1976 30.9 17
1977 31.5 17
1978 32 17
1979 32.4 16.9
1980 32.8 16.8
1981 33.1 16.8
1982 33.7 16.9
1983 34.3 16.9
1984 34.9 17
1985 35.4 17
1986 35.9 16.9
1987 36.3 16.7
1988 36.8 16.6
1989 37.2 16.5
1990 37.7 16.4
1991 38.2 16.4
1992 38.7 16.4
1993 39.2 16.5
1994 39.6 16.7
1995 40 16.9
1996 40.3 17.3
1997 40.7 17.6
1998 41 18
1999 41.4 18.4
2000 41.8 18.9
2001 42.1 19.3
2002 42.5 19.8
2003 42.8 20.3
2004 43.2 20.9
2005 43.6 21.5
2006 43.9 22.1
2007 44.2 22.7
2008 44.6 23.2
2009 44.9 23.8
2010 45.2 24.4
2011 45.5 25.1
2012 45.8 25.8
2013 46.2 26.5
2014 46.6 27.1
2015 47 27.6
2016 47.3 28
2017 47.6 28.5
2018 48 29
2019 48.3 29.5
2020 48.7 30.1
2021 49.1 30.7
2022 49.5 31.4
2023 50 32.1
2024 50.4 32.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Japan Maldives
GNI, Atlas method
$4.47T
2024
$6.15B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.6%
2025
47.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.24%
2022
5.17%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.2%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
261,000
2020
5,000
2000
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.85%
2025
-15.2%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.5%
2024
4.56%
2019
Services, % of GDP
69.8%
2023
73.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
28.6%
2023
9.02%
2024
Economic freedom index
70.2
2025
48.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.9%
2020
23.3%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.4%
2020
3.8%
2019
Number of millionaires
2,827,956
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
2.72%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
42
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
3,971
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.31T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.23T
2024
$674M
2024
Personal remittances received
$4.64B
2024
$5.65M
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,115,799
2020
555,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.43%
2020
78.9%
2020
Banked people share
98.5%
2024
79.5%
2017

Energy

Japan Maldives
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,039 kg
2023
921 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.4
2023
$13.9
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
945 megatons
2023
2.88 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.59 tons
2023
5.47 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
84.8%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
8.8%
2021
1.2%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
10.8%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
87.3%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
7,655 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
21.1%
2021
5.82%
2021
Hydroelectric share
8.48%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
8.38%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Japan Maldives
% of world population
1.52%
2024
0.006%
2024
Annual migration change
+153,357
2024
-2,421
2024
Urban population
92.1%
2024
42.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.51 ft
2025
Average female height
5.2 ft
2025
5.06 ft
2025
Quality of life index
88.6
2025
61.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
71
2024
38
2024
Higher education index
98
2025
4
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.23
2022
0.6
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
3.6
2019
1.6
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
101
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2002
97.9%
2021
English speaking
15%
2025
70%
2025
People using the Internet
87%
2023
84.7%
2023

Health

Japan Maldives
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,889
2022
$1,151
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$427
2022
$201.9
2022
Life expectancy
85 years
2025
81.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
2.85%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.61
2020
2.16
2019
Age at first childbirth
30.7 years
2025
23.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
32
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
5.7
2023
Obesity rate
5.57%
2022
17.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.1%
2024
9.5%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
62
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
19.2%
2022
26.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.38 liters
2020
1.49 liters
2020

Territory

Japan Maldives
% of world land
0.24%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
1,135 sq mi
2024
218 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
17,788 sq mi
2025
22.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
96,275 sq mi
2025
3.17 sq mi
2025
Roads length
757,310 mi
2021
57.8 mi
2018

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