Japan vs Rwanda statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 61st vs. 146th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Japan and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Japan and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

Japan

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Rwanda
1960	$47,419,238,274	$119,000,024
1961	$57,266,758,180	$122,000,016
1962	$64,987,857,542	$125,000,008
1963	$74,379,284,603	$128,000,000
1964	$87,490,590,818	$129,999,994
1965	$97,338,107,606	$148,799,980
1966	$113,046,784,179	$124,525,703
1967	$132,475,614,227	$159,560,018
1968	$156,897,496,759	$172,200,018
1969	$184,298,841,305	$188,700,037
1970	$217,223,652,719	$219,900,006
1971	$245,364,056,622	$222,952,504
1972	$324,933,841,269	$246,457,838
1973	$441,460,582,536	$290,746,157
1974	$490,035,789,970	$308,458,423
1975	$532,861,438,885	$571,863,500
1976	$598,883,902,156	$637,753,853
1977	$737,069,290,928	$746,650,613
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$905,709,076
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$1,109,346,131
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$1,254,765,642
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$1,407,062,527
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$1,407,243,139
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$1,479,687,587
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$1,587,413,084
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$1,715,626,331
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$1,944,710,684
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$2,157,432,668
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$2,395,492,687
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$2,405,022,593
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$2,550,185,679
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$1,911,600,237
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$2,029,026,962
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$1,971,525,712
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$753,636,370
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$1,293,535,193
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$1,382,334,879
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$1,851,558,197
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$1,989,343,546
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$2,157,108,263
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$2,068,836,754
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$1,966,600,715
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$1,966,003,468
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$2,138,237,279
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$2,376,496,067
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$2,933,819,766
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$3,319,784,539
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$4,070,507,895
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$5,179,854,065
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$5,674,476,969
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$6,124,756,654
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$6,884,913,658
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$7,654,761,045
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$7,819,964,024
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$8,238,966,120
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$8,543,760,206
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$8,695,272,061
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$9,252,833,894
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$9,637,904,519
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$10,349,300,277
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$10,174,386,855
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$11,078,787,095
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$13,316,161,006
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$14,331,722,700
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$14,251,642,231

Japan and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Rwanda
1960	$509	$39.4
1961	$609	$39.3
1962	$685	$39.2
1963	$776	$39.3
1964	$903	$39
1965	$994	$43.5
1966	$1,144	$35.4
1967	$1,326	$44
1968	$1,553	$46
1969	$1,803	$48.9
1970	$2,101	$55.2
1971	$2,321	$54.4
1972	$3,031	$58.4
1973	$4,061	$66.9
1974	$4,448	$68.9
1975	$4,776	$124.1
1976	$5,310	$134.4
1977	$6,473	$152.7
1978	$9,012	$179.9
1979	$9,301	$213.8
1980	$9,669	$234.4
1981	$10,583	$254.6
1982	$9,780	$246.4
1983	$10,652	$250.6
1984	$11,207	$259.9
1985	$11,809	$271.6
1986	$17,452	$297.7
1987	$21,142	$320
1988	$25,500	$344
1989	$25,266	$335
1990	$25,801	$346
1991	$29,428	$254
1992	$31,993	$264.1
1993	$36,345	$247
1994	$39,934	$111
1995	$44,198	$228
1996	$39,150	$206
1997	$35,638	$238.7
1998	$32,424	$246.2
1999	$36,610	$264.7
2000	$39,169	$251.9
2001	$34,406	$237.3
2002	$32,821	$234
2003	$35,387	$249
2004	$38,299	$269.5
2005	$37,813	$324
2006	$35,992	$357
2007	$35,779	$426
2008	$39,876	$528
2009	$41,309	$564
2010	$44,968	$594
2011	$48,760	$651
2012	$49,145	$707
2013	$40,899	$705
2014	$38,475	$725
2015	$34,961	$734
2016	$39,375	$730
2017	$38,834	$758
2018	$39,751	$772
2019	$40,416	$810
2020	$40,029	$779
2021	$40,095	$830
2022	$34,066	$975
2023	$33,836	$1,027
2024	$32,476	$1,000

Japan vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Rwanda
1950	59.3	43.2
1951	61	43.5
1952	63	43.8
1953	63.3	44.1
1954	64.5	44.4
1955	65.7	44.8
1956	65.6	45.2
1957	65.4	45.6
1958	67	46.1
1959	67.5	46.5
1960	67.7	47
1961	68.4	47.5
1962	68.7	47.8
1963	69.7	44
1964	70.2	48.1
1965	70.3	48.2
1966	71.1	48.1
1967	71.4	48
1968	71.7	47.7
1969	71.9	47.4
1970	72	47.1
1971	72.8	46.8
1972	73.3	46.3
1973	73.4	45.9
1974	73.8	45.6
1975	74.4	45.3
1976	74.8	45.3
1977	75.3	45.6
1978	75.7	46.2
1979	76.2	47.1
1980	76.1	48.1
1981	76.6	49.2
1982	77.1	50.2
1983	77.1	50.9
1984	77.5	51.4
1985	77.8	51.7
1986	78.2	51.7
1987	78.6	51.5
1988	78.5	50.9
1989	79	49.5
1990	79	47.8
1991	79.3	46.2
1992	79.3	44.4
1993	79.4	42.9
1994	79.8	12.2
1995	79.7	41.5
1996	80.4	42.5
1997	80.6	42
1998	80.6	43.1
1999	80.6	45.7
2000	81.2	47.8
2001	81.5	49.5
2002	81.8	51.3
2003	81.9	53.5
2004	82.1	55.5
2005	82	57
2006	82.4	58.3
2007	82.5	59.5
2008	82.6	60.6
2009	83	61.8
2010	82.9	62.8
2011	82.7	63.5
2012	83.2	64.2
2013	83.4	64.7
2014	83.6	65.1
2015	83.9	65.4
2016	84.1	65.7
2017	84.2	66.1
2018	84.3	66.4
2019	84.4	66.7
2020	84.7	67
2021	84.6	66.8
2022	84.1	67.5
2023	84.7	67.8
2024	84.9	68
2025	85	68.2

Japan and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Rwanda
1960	93,216,000	3,022,294
1961	94,055,000	3,106,779
1962	94,933,000	3,186,025
1963	95,900,000	3,258,890
1964	96,903,000	3,334,834
1965	97,952,000	3,423,210
1966	98,851,000	3,521,626
1967	99,879,000	3,629,577
1968	101,011,000	3,744,010
1969	102,219,000	3,861,271
1970	103,403,000	3,980,669
1971	105,697,000	4,100,044
1972	107,188,000	4,220,335
1973	108,707,000	4,345,047
1974	110,162,000	4,474,228
1975	111,573,000	4,607,728
1976	112,775,000	4,745,954
1977	113,872,000	4,888,240
1978	114,913,000	5,035,171
1979	115,890,000	5,189,541
1980	116,807,000	5,353,259
1981	117,661,000	5,527,230
1982	118,480,000	5,711,549
1983	119,307,000	5,905,311
1984	120,083,000	6,107,627
1985	120,837,000	6,317,228
1986	121,482,000	6,531,881
1987	122,069,000	6,749,493
1988	122,578,000	6,968,071
1989	123,069,000	7,184,706
1990	123,478,000	7,375,307
1991	123,964,000	7,526,966
1992	124,425,000	7,683,266
1993	124,829,000	7,981,132
1994	125,178,000	6,792,352
1995	125,472,000	5,674,118
1996	125,757,000	6,708,764
1997	126,057,000	7,755,238
1998	126,400,000	8,081,681
1999	126,631,000	8,147,912
2000	126,843,000	8,213,931
2001	127,149,000	8,287,094
2002	127,445,000	8,400,180
2003	127,718,000	8,586,875
2004	127,761,000	8,816,844
2005	127,773,000	9,054,528
2006	127,854,000	9,299,246
2007	128,001,000	9,549,933
2008	128,063,000	9,804,269
2009	128,047,000	10,060,432
2010	128,070,000	10,317,553
2011	127,833,000	10,573,733
2012	127,629,000	10,829,901
2013	127,445,000	11,093,340
2014	127,276,000	11,364,757
2015	127,141,000	11,640,022
2016	127,076,000	11,919,183
2017	126,972,000	12,202,060
2018	126,811,000	12,487,996
2019	126,633,000	12,776,103
2020	126,261,000	13,065,837
2021	125,681,593	13,355,260
2022	125,124,989	13,651,030
2023	124,516,650	13,954,471
2024	123,975,371	14,256,567

Fertility rates in Japan and Rwanda

Fertility rate

Japan

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Rwanda
1960	2	8.28
1961	1.96	8.28
1962	1.98	8.27
1963	2	8.27
1964	2.05	8.27
1965	2.14	8.25
1966	1.58	8.23
1967	2.23	8.21
1968	2.13	8.19
1969	2.13	8.18
1970	2.13	8.15
1971	2.16	8.09
1972	2.14	8.09
1973	2.14	8.09
1974	2.05	8.1
1975	1.91	8.1
1976	1.85	8.12
1977	1.8	8.14
1978	1.79	8.16
1979	1.77	8.13
1980	1.75	8.12
1981	1.74	8.1
1982	1.77	8.06
1983	1.8	8
1984	1.81	7.91
1985	1.76	7.79
1986	1.72	7.61
1987	1.69	7.43
1988	1.66	7.23
1989	1.57	7.03
1990	1.54	6.8
1991	1.53	6.62
1992	1.5	6.54
1993	1.46	6.48
1994	1.5	6.42
1995	1.42	6.35
1996	1.43	6.29
1997	1.39	6.24
1998	1.38	6.17
1999	1.34	6.06
2000	1.36	5.97
2001	1.33	5.89
2002	1.32	5.82
2003	1.29	5.74
2004	1.29	5.64
2005	1.26	5.5
2006	1.32	5.34
2007	1.34	5.14
2008	1.37	4.92
2009	1.37	4.71
2010	1.39	4.52
2011	1.39	4.33
2012	1.41	4.2
2013	1.43	4.14
2014	1.42	4.12
2015	1.45	4.11
2016	1.44	4.11
2017	1.43	4.08
2018	1.42	4.05
2019	1.36	3.99
2020	1.33	3.91
2021	1.3	3.84
2022	1.26	3.78
2023	1.2	3.7

Japan and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Rwanda
1960	25.8	15.5
1961	26.2	15.1
1962	26.5	14.9
1963	26.9	14.8
1964	27.2	14.7
1965	27.6	14.8
1966	28	14.9
1967	28.4	15.1
1968	28.6	15.3
1969	28.9	15.5
1970	29.2	15.7
1971	29.6	15.9
1972	29.9	16
1973	30.2	16.2
1974	30.4	16.3
1975	30.6	16.4
1976	30.9	16.5
1977	31.5	16.6
1978	32	16.6
1979	32.4	16.5
1980	32.8	16.5
1981	33.1	16.4
1982	33.7	16.2
1983	34.3	16.1
1984	34.9	16
1985	35.4	15.8
1986	35.9	15.7
1987	36.3	15.6
1988	36.8	15.6
1989	37.2	15.5
1990	37.7	15.5
1991	38.2	15.5
1992	38.7	15.6
1993	39.2	15.7
1994	39.6	15
1995	40	14.3
1996	40.3	14.6
1997	40.7	14.8
1998	41	15.3
1999	41.4	15.8
2000	41.8	16.3
2001	42.1	16.8
2002	42.5	17.1
2003	42.8	17.4
2004	43.2	17.6
2005	43.6	17.8
2006	43.9	18
2007	44.2	18.1
2008	44.6	18.3
2009	44.9	18.4
2010	45.2	18.5
2011	45.5	18.7
2012	45.8	18.8
2013	46.2	19
2014	46.6	19.1
2015	47	19.3
2016	47.3	19.4
2017	47.6	19.6
2018	48	19.7
2019	48.3	19.8
2020	48.7	19.9
2021	49.1	20
2022	49.5	20.3
2023	50	20.5
2024	50.4	20.8

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