Japan vs Norway statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 5.57M in Norway (ranked 118/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 140,645 sq mi for Norway (ranked 61st vs. 62nd).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810).

Japan and Norway: Comparison Charts

Japan and Norway economies compared

GDP

Japan

Norway

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Norway
1960	$47,419,238,274	$5,197,398,721
1961	$57,266,758,180	$5,669,689,210
1962	$64,987,857,542	$6,107,076,929
1963	$74,379,284,603	$6,553,269,536
1964	$87,490,590,818	$7,206,522,122
1965	$97,338,107,606	$8,111,945,661
1966	$113,046,784,179	$8,753,940,267
1967	$132,475,614,227	$9,577,383,653
1968	$156,897,496,759	$10,227,087,165
1969	$184,298,841,305	$11,136,187,440
1970	$217,223,652,719	$12,814,123,115
1971	$245,364,056,622	$14,583,114,840
1972	$324,933,841,269	$17,358,610,850
1973	$441,460,582,536	$22,534,253,703
1974	$490,035,789,970	$27,145,693,810
1975	$532,861,438,885	$32,877,805,200
1976	$598,883,902,156	$35,942,270,686
1977	$737,069,290,928	$41,508,030,431
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$46,522,900,254
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$53,132,244,624
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$64,439,382,896
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$63,596,654,761
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$62,647,195,538
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$61,627,240,831
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$62,057,955,033
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$65,416,879,914
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$78,693,118,044
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$94,229,907,236
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$101,900,260,856
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$102,633,934,391
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$119,791,843,060
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$121,872,464,483
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$130,838,040,068
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$120,579,213,713
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$127,131,319,429
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$152,029,612,325
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$163,520,109,151
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$161,356,631,888
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$154,230,295,158
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$162,383,706,021
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$171,457,201,936
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$174,239,354,071
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$195,914,852,576
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$229,385,469,337
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$265,268,662,473
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$309,978,579,744
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$346,915,160,682
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$402,643,260,488
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$464,917,553,191
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$387,976,400,617
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$431,052,143,940
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$501,360,549,669
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$512,777,309,841
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$526,014,468,085
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$501,736,471,833
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$388,159,512,246
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$370,956,547,619
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$401,745,275,035
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$439,788,625,884
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$408,742,840,909
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$367,633,418,887
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$503,367,986,030
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$596,297,651,036
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$482,949,731,777
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$483,727,398,216

Japan and Norway economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Norway

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Norway
1960	$509	$1,451
1961	$609	$1,571
1962	$685	$1,678
1963	$776	$1,787
1964	$903	$1,951
1965	$994	$2,179
1966	$1,144	$2,333
1967	$1,326	$2,531
1968	$1,553	$2,680
1969	$1,803	$2,894
1970	$2,101	$3,306
1971	$2,321	$3,736
1972	$3,031	$4,414
1973	$4,061	$5,690
1974	$4,448	$6,812
1975	$4,776	$8,204
1976	$5,310	$8,927
1977	$6,473	$10,266
1978	$9,012	$11,463
1979	$9,301	$13,047
1980	$9,669	$15,772
1981	$10,583	$15,513
1982	$9,780	$15,225
1983	$10,652	$14,928
1984	$11,207	$14,989
1985	$11,809	$15,754
1986	$17,452	$18,883
1987	$21,142	$22,506
1988	$25,500	$24,207
1989	$25,266	$24,281
1990	$25,801	$28,243
1991	$29,428	$28,597
1992	$31,993	$30,524
1993	$36,345	$27,964
1994	$39,934	$29,316
1995	$44,198	$34,876
1996	$39,150	$37,322
1997	$35,638	$36,629
1998	$32,424	$34,803
1999	$36,610	$36,393
2000	$39,169	$38,178
2001	$34,406	$38,602
2002	$32,821	$43,171
2003	$35,387	$50,250
2004	$38,299	$57,769
2005	$37,813	$67,047
2006	$35,992	$74,434
2007	$35,779	$85,502
2008	$39,876	$97,504
2009	$41,309	$80,348
2010	$44,968	$88,163
2011	$48,760	$101,222
2012	$49,145	$102,176
2013	$40,899	$103,554
2014	$38,475	$97,667
2015	$34,961	$74,810
2016	$39,375	$70,867
2017	$38,834	$76,132
2018	$39,751	$82,793
2019	$40,416	$76,431
2020	$40,029	$68,340
2021	$40,095	$93,073
2022	$34,066	$109,270
2023	$33,836	$87,497
2024	$32,476	$86,810

Japan vs. Norway life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Norway

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Norway
1950	59.3	71.6
1951	61	72.5
1952	63	72.7
1953	63.3	73.1
1954	64.5	73.2
1955	65.7	73.4
1956	65.6	73.5
1957	65.4	73.4
1958	67	73.4
1959	67.5	73.6
1960	67.7	73.6
1961	68.4	73.6
1962	68.7	73.5
1963	69.7	73.1
1964	70.2	73.6
1965	70.3	73.7
1966	71.1	74
1967	71.4	74.1
1968	71.7	73.9
1969	71.9	73.7
1970	72	74.1
1971	72.8	74.2
1972	73.3	74.3
1973	73.4	74.4
1974	73.8	74.8
1975	74.4	74.8
1976	74.8	75
1977	75.3	75.4
1978	75.7	75.4
1979	76.2	75.4
1980	76.1	75.7
1981	76.6	75.9
1982	77.1	76
1983	77.1	76.1
1984	77.5	76.2
1985	77.8	75.9
1986	78.2	76.3
1987	78.6	76.1
1988	78.5	76.3
1989	79	76.5
1990	79	76.6
1991	79.3	77
1992	79.3	77.2
1993	79.4	77.2
1994	79.8	77.8
1995	79.7	77.8
1996	80.4	78.2
1997	80.6	78.2
1998	80.6	78.4
1999	80.6	78.4
2000	81.2	78.7
2001	81.5	78.9
2002	81.8	79
2003	81.9	79.5
2004	82.1	80
2005	82	80.2
2006	82.4	80.4
2007	82.5	80.5
2008	82.6	80.7
2009	83	80.9
2010	82.9	81
2011	82.7	81.2
2012	83.2	81.4
2013	83.4	81.7
2014	83.6	82.1
2015	83.9	82.3
2016	84.1	82.4
2017	84.2	82.6
2018	84.3	82.8
2019	84.4	83
2020	84.7	83.2
2021	84.6	83.2
2022	84.1	82.6
2023	84.7	83.3
2024	84.9	83.5
2025	85	83.6

Japan and Norway population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Norway

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Norway
1960	93,216,000	3,581,239
1961	94,055,000	3,609,800
1962	94,933,000	3,638,918
1963	95,900,000	3,666,537
1964	96,903,000	3,694,339
1965	97,952,000	3,723,168
1966	98,851,000	3,753,012
1967	99,879,000	3,784,539
1968	101,011,000	3,816,486
1969	102,219,000	3,847,707
1970	103,403,000	3,875,763
1971	105,697,000	3,903,039
1972	107,188,000	3,933,004
1973	108,707,000	3,960,612
1974	110,162,000	3,985,258
1975	111,573,000	4,007,313
1976	112,775,000	4,026,152
1977	113,872,000	4,043,205
1978	114,913,000	4,058,671
1979	115,890,000	4,072,517
1980	116,807,000	4,085,620
1981	117,661,000	4,099,702
1982	118,480,000	4,114,787
1983	119,307,000	4,128,432
1984	120,083,000	4,140,099
1985	120,837,000	4,152,516
1986	121,482,000	4,167,354
1987	122,069,000	4,186,905
1988	122,578,000	4,209,488
1989	123,069,000	4,226,901
1990	123,478,000	4,241,473
1991	123,964,000	4,261,732
1992	124,425,000	4,286,401
1993	124,829,000	4,311,991
1994	125,178,000	4,336,613
1995	125,472,000	4,359,184
1996	125,757,000	4,381,336
1997	126,057,000	4,405,157
1998	126,400,000	4,431,464
1999	126,631,000	4,461,913
2000	126,843,000	4,490,967
2001	127,149,000	4,513,751
2002	127,445,000	4,538,159
2003	127,718,000	4,564,855
2004	127,761,000	4,591,910
2005	127,773,000	4,623,291
2006	127,854,000	4,660,677
2007	128,001,000	4,709,153
2008	128,063,000	4,768,212
2009	128,047,000	4,828,726
2010	128,070,000	4,889,252
2011	127,833,000	4,953,088
2012	127,629,000	5,018,573
2013	127,445,000	5,079,623
2014	127,276,000	5,137,232
2015	127,141,000	5,188,607
2016	127,076,000	5,234,519
2017	126,972,000	5,276,968
2018	126,811,000	5,311,916
2019	126,633,000	5,347,896
2020	126,261,000	5,379,475
2021	125,681,593	5,408,320
2022	125,124,989	5,457,127
2023	124,516,650	5,519,594
2024	123,975,371	5,572,272

Fertility rates in Japan and Norway

Fertility rate

Japan

Norway

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Norway
1960	2	2.85
1961	1.96	2.94
1962	1.98	2.91
1963	2	2.93
1964	2.05	2.98
1965	2.14	2.94
1966	1.58	2.9
1967	2.23	2.81
1968	2.13	2.75
1969	2.13	2.7
1970	2.13	2.5
1971	2.16	2.49
1972	2.14	2.38
1973	2.14	2.23
1974	2.05	2.13
1975	1.91	1.98
1976	1.85	1.86
1977	1.8	1.75
1978	1.79	1.77
1979	1.77	1.75
1980	1.75	1.72
1981	1.74	1.7
1982	1.77	1.71
1983	1.8	1.66
1984	1.81	1.66
1985	1.76	1.68
1986	1.72	1.71
1987	1.69	1.74
1988	1.66	1.84
1989	1.57	1.89
1990	1.54	1.93
1991	1.53	1.92
1992	1.5	1.88
1993	1.46	1.86
1994	1.5	1.87
1995	1.42	1.87
1996	1.43	1.89
1997	1.39	1.86
1998	1.38	1.81
1999	1.34	1.85
2000	1.36	1.85
2001	1.33	1.78
2002	1.32	1.75
2003	1.29	1.8
2004	1.29	1.83
2005	1.26	1.84
2006	1.32	1.9
2007	1.34	1.9
2008	1.37	1.96
2009	1.37	1.98
2010	1.39	1.95
2011	1.39	1.88
2012	1.41	1.85
2013	1.43	1.78
2014	1.42	1.75
2015	1.45	1.72
2016	1.44	1.71
2017	1.43	1.62
2018	1.42	1.56
2019	1.36	1.53
2020	1.33	1.48
2021	1.3	1.55
2022	1.26	1.41
2023	1.2	1.4

Japan and Norway demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Norway

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Norway
1960	25.8	34.3
1961	26.2	34.4
1962	26.5	34.4
1963	26.9	34.3
1964	27.2	34.2
1965	27.6	34.1
1966	28	33.9
1967	28.4	33.7
1968	28.6	33.5
1969	28.9	33.2
1970	29.2	32.9
1971	29.6	32.7
1972	29.9	32.5
1973	30.2	32.4
1974	30.4	32.4
1975	30.6	32.5
1976	30.9	32.6
1977	31.5	32.7
1978	32	32.9
1979	32.4	33.1
1980	32.8	33.3
1981	33.1	33.6
1982	33.7	33.9
1983	34.3	34.1
1984	34.9	34.4
1985	35.4	34.6
1986	35.9	34.8
1987	36.3	34.9
1988	36.8	35.1
1989	37.2	35.2
1990	37.7	35.4
1991	38.2	35.5
1992	38.7	35.7
1993	39.2	35.8
1994	39.6	35.9
1995	40	36.1
1996	40.3	36.2
1997	40.7	36.4
1998	41	36.5
1999	41.4	36.7
2000	41.8	36.9
2001	42.1	37.1
2002	42.5	37.3
2003	42.8	37.5
2004	43.2	37.7
2005	43.6	37.9
2006	43.9	38.1
2007	44.2	38.3
2008	44.6	38.4
2009	44.9	38.5
2010	45.2	38.6
2011	45.5	38.7
2012	45.8	38.8
2013	46.2	38.9
2014	46.6	39
2015	47	39.2
2016	47.3	39.3
2017	47.6	39.4
2018	48	39.6
2019	48.3	39.8
2020	48.7	40
2021	49.1	40.3
2022	49.5	40.4
2023	50	40.5
2024	50.4	40.7

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