Japan vs Singapore statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 6.04M in Singapore (ranked 113/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 277.2 sq mi for Singapore (ranked 61st vs. 177th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Singapore ranks 27/197 ($547B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674).

Japan and Singapore: Comparison Charts

Japan and Singapore economies compared

GDP

Japan

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Singapore
1960	$47,419,238,274	$704,751,700
1961	$57,266,758,180	$764,629,788
1962	$64,987,857,542	$826,239,212
1963	$74,379,284,603	$917,608,012
1964	$87,490,590,818	$894,153,311
1965	$97,338,107,606	$974,644,096
1966	$113,046,784,179	$1,096,425,608
1967	$132,475,614,227	$1,238,035,816
1968	$156,897,496,759	$1,425,706,091
1969	$184,298,841,305	$1,659,893,768
1970	$217,223,652,719	$1,920,574,150
1971	$245,364,056,622	$2,263,785,444
1972	$324,933,841,269	$2,721,440,981
1973	$441,460,582,536	$3,696,213,333
1974	$490,035,789,970	$5,221,534,956
1975	$532,861,438,885	$5,633,673,930
1976	$598,883,902,156	$6,327,077,974
1977	$737,069,290,928	$6,618,585,074
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$7,517,176,355
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$9,296,921,724
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$11,896,256,783
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$14,175,228,844
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$16,084,252,378
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$17,784,112,150
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$19,749,361,098
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$19,156,532,746
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$18,586,746,057
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$20,919,215,578
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$25,371,462,488
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$30,465,364,739
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$36,144,336,769
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$45,466,164,978
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$52,131,320,033
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$60,603,815,716
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$73,688,724,431
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$87,812,540,788
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$96,293,086,513
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$100,123,787,215
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$85,728,207,782
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$86,286,849,755
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$96,076,539,926
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$89,793,790,670
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$92,538,372,870
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$97,646,401,096
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$115,033,593,101
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$127,807,848,728
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$148,627,286,361
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$180,941,701,358
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$193,617,323,539
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$194,150,283,772
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$239,807,980,591
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$279,356,499,090
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$295,092,888,077
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$307,576,360,585
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$314,863,580,758
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$307,998,545,269
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$319,646,468,521
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$343,673,334,902
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$377,123,710,561
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$376,161,998,830
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$349,165,858,545
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$436,591,382,250
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$509,017,841,147
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$505,439,514,078
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$547,386,645,892

Japan and Singapore economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Singapore
1960	$509	$428
1961	$609	$449
1962	$685	$472
1963	$776	$511
1964	$903	$486
1965	$994	$517
1966	$1,144	$567
1967	$1,326	$626
1968	$1,553	$709
1969	$1,803	$813
1970	$2,101	$926
1971	$2,321	$1,071
1972	$3,031	$1,264
1973	$4,061	$1,685
1974	$4,448	$2,342
1975	$4,776	$2,490
1976	$5,310	$2,759
1977	$6,473	$2,846
1978	$9,012	$3,194
1979	$9,301	$3,901
1980	$9,669	$4,928
1981	$10,583	$5,597
1982	$9,780	$6,078
1983	$10,652	$6,633
1984	$11,207	$7,228
1985	$11,809	$7,002
1986	$17,452	$6,800
1987	$21,142	$7,539
1988	$25,500	$8,914
1989	$25,266	$10,395
1990	$25,801	$11,862
1991	$29,428	$14,502
1992	$31,993	$16,136
1993	$36,345	$18,290
1994	$39,934	$21,552
1995	$44,198	$24,915
1996	$39,150	$26,233
1997	$35,638	$26,376
1998	$32,424	$21,829
1999	$36,610	$21,797
2000	$39,169	$23,853
2001	$34,406	$21,700
2002	$32,821	$22,160
2003	$35,387	$23,730
2004	$38,299	$27,608
2005	$37,813	$29,961
2006	$35,992	$33,768
2007	$35,779	$39,433
2008	$39,876	$40,009
2009	$41,309	$38,927
2010	$44,968	$47,237
2011	$48,760	$53,891
2012	$49,145	$55,548
2013	$40,899	$56,967
2014	$38,475	$57,565
2015	$34,961	$55,646
2016	$39,375	$57,006
2017	$38,834	$61,236
2018	$39,751	$66,882
2019	$40,416	$65,952
2020	$40,029	$61,410
2021	$40,095	$80,056
2022	$34,066	$90,299
2023	$33,836	$85,412
2024	$32,476	$90,674

Japan vs. Singapore life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Singapore

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Singapore
1950	59.3	54.1
1951	61	55.3
1952	63	56.4
1953	63.3	57.5
1954	64.5	59.4
1955	65.7	61.2
1956	65.6	62.6
1957	65.4	63.4
1958	67	64
1959	67.5	64.8
1960	67.7	65.3
1961	68.4	65.7
1962	68.7	66.1
1963	69.7	66.5
1964	70.2	66.7
1965	70.3	66.9
1966	71.1	67.2
1967	71.4	67.3
1968	71.7	67.7
1969	71.9	68.1
1970	72	68.5
1971	72.8	68.8
1972	73.3	69
1973	73.4	69.4
1974	73.8	69.7
1975	74.4	70.2
1976	74.8	70.6
1977	75.3	70.9
1978	75.7	71.2
1979	76.2	71.4
1980	76.1	71.5
1981	76.6	71.7
1982	77.1	72
1983	77.1	72.4
1984	77.5	72.6
1985	77.8	73.1
1986	78.2	73.6
1987	78.6	74
1988	78.5	74
1989	79	74.3
1990	79	74.6
1991	79.3	75.1
1992	79.3	75.3
1993	79.4	75.5
1994	79.8	75.6
1995	79.7	75.7
1996	80.4	76.1
1997	80.6	76.4
1998	80.6	76.9
1999	80.6	77.3
2000	81.2	77.8
2001	81.5	78.3
2002	81.8	78.7
2003	81.9	79.2
2004	82.1	79.7
2005	82	80.3
2006	82.4	80.6
2007	82.5	80.9
2008	82.6	81.1
2009	83	81.4
2010	82.9	81.6
2011	82.7	81.9
2012	83.2	82.2
2013	83.4	82.5
2014	83.6	82.6
2015	83.9	82.7
2016	84.1	82.9
2017	84.2	83.1
2018	84.3	83.4
2019	84.4	83.7
2020	84.7	83.7
2021	84.6	83.5
2022	84.1	82.9
2023	84.7	83.7
2024	84.9	83.9
2025	85	84

Japan and Singapore population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Singapore

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Singapore
1960	93,216,000	1,646,400
1961	94,055,000	1,702,400
1962	94,933,000	1,750,200
1963	95,900,000	1,795,000
1964	96,903,000	1,841,600
1965	97,952,000	1,886,900
1966	98,851,000	1,934,400
1967	99,879,000	1,977,600
1968	101,011,000	2,012,000
1969	102,219,000	2,042,500
1970	103,403,000	2,074,507
1971	105,697,000	2,112,900
1972	107,188,000	2,152,400
1973	108,707,000	2,193,000
1974	110,162,000	2,229,800
1975	111,573,000	2,262,600
1976	112,775,000	2,293,300
1977	113,872,000	2,325,300
1978	114,913,000	2,353,600
1979	115,890,000	2,383,500
1980	116,807,000	2,413,945
1981	117,661,000	2,532,835
1982	118,480,000	2,646,466
1983	119,307,000	2,681,061
1984	120,083,000	2,732,221
1985	120,837,000	2,735,957
1986	121,482,000	2,733,373
1987	122,069,000	2,774,789
1988	122,578,000	2,846,108
1989	123,069,000	2,930,901
1990	123,478,000	3,047,132
1991	123,964,000	3,135,083
1992	124,425,000	3,230,698
1993	124,829,000	3,313,471
1994	125,178,000	3,419,048
1995	125,472,000	3,524,506
1996	125,757,000	3,670,704
1997	126,057,000	3,796,038
1998	126,400,000	3,927,213
1999	126,631,000	3,958,723
2000	126,843,000	4,027,887
2001	127,149,000	4,138,012
2002	127,445,000	4,175,950
2003	127,718,000	4,114,826
2004	127,761,000	4,166,664
2005	127,773,000	4,265,762
2006	127,854,000	4,401,365
2007	128,001,000	4,588,599
2008	128,063,000	4,839,396
2009	128,047,000	4,987,573
2010	128,070,000	5,076,732
2011	127,833,000	5,183,688
2012	127,629,000	5,312,437
2013	127,445,000	5,399,162
2014	127,276,000	5,469,724
2015	127,141,000	5,535,002
2016	127,076,000	5,607,283
2017	126,972,000	5,612,253
2018	126,811,000	5,638,676
2019	126,633,000	5,703,569
2020	126,261,000	5,685,807
2021	125,681,593	5,453,566
2022	125,124,989	5,637,022
2023	124,516,650	5,917,648
2024	123,975,371	6,036,860

Fertility rates in Japan and Singapore

Fertility rate

Japan

Singapore

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Singapore
1960	2	5.76
1961	1.96	5.41
1962	1.98	5.21
1963	2	5.16
1964	2.05	4.97
1965	2.14	4.66
1966	1.58	4.46
1967	2.23	3.91
1968	2.13	3.53
1969	2.13	3.22
1970	2.13	3.07
1971	2.16	3.02
1972	2.14	3.04
1973	2.14	2.79
1974	2.05	2.35
1975	1.91	2.07
1976	1.85	2.11
1977	1.8	1.82
1978	1.79	1.79
1979	1.77	1.79
1980	1.75	1.82
1981	1.74	1.78
1982	1.77	1.74
1983	1.8	1.61
1984	1.81	1.62
1985	1.76	1.61
1986	1.72	1.43
1987	1.69	1.62
1988	1.66	1.96
1989	1.57	1.75
1990	1.54	1.83
1991	1.53	1.73
1992	1.5	1.72
1993	1.46	1.74
1994	1.5	1.71
1995	1.42	1.67
1996	1.43	1.66
1997	1.39	1.61
1998	1.38	1.48
1999	1.34	1.47
2000	1.36	1.6
2001	1.33	1.41
2002	1.32	1.37
2003	1.29	1.27
2004	1.29	1.26
2005	1.26	1.26
2006	1.32	1.28
2007	1.34	1.29
2008	1.37	1.28
2009	1.37	1.22
2010	1.39	1.15
2011	1.39	1.2
2012	1.41	1.29
2013	1.43	1.19
2014	1.42	1.25
2015	1.45	1.24
2016	1.44	1.2
2017	1.43	1.16
2018	1.42	1.14
2019	1.36	1.14
2020	1.33	1.1
2021	1.3	1.12
2022	1.26	1.04
2023	1.2	0.97

Japan and Singapore demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Singapore

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Singapore
1960	25.8	18.2
1961	26.2	18.1
1962	26.5	18
1963	26.9	18
1964	27.2	18.1
1965	27.6	18.2
1966	28	18.4
1967	28.4	18.6
1968	28.6	18.9
1969	28.9	19.3
1970	29.2	19.7
1971	29.6	20.1
1972	29.9	20.6
1973	30.2	21
1974	30.4	21.5
1975	30.6	22
1976	30.9	22.6
1977	31.5	23.1
1978	32	23.6
1979	32.4	24.2
1980	32.8	24.7
1981	33.1	25.3
1982	33.7	25.9
1983	34.3	26.4
1984	34.9	26.9
1985	35.4	27.3
1986	35.9	27.8
1987	36.3	28.3
1988	36.8	28.7
1989	37.2	29.1
1990	37.7	29.5
1991	38.2	29.8
1992	38.7	30.1
1993	39.2	30.4
1994	39.6	30.7
1995	40	31
1996	40.3	31.2
1997	40.7	31.4
1998	41	31.6
1999	41.4	31.9
2000	41.8	32.2
2001	42.1	32.5
2002	42.5	32.7
2003	42.8	33
2004	43.2	33.3
2005	43.6	33.5
2006	43.9	33.6
2007	44.2	33.6
2008	44.6	33.5
2009	44.9	33.6
2010	45.2	33.7
2011	45.5	33.9
2012	45.8	34
2013	46.2	34.1
2014	46.6	34.2
2015	47	34.4
2016	47.3	34.5
2017	47.6	34.8
2018	48	35
2019	48.3	35.2
2020	48.7	35.5
2021	49.1	35.8
2022	49.5	35.9
2023	50	36.2
2024	50.4	36.8

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