Japan vs Somalia statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 61st vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

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Japan and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Japan

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Somalia
1960	$47,419,238,274	$180,459,937
1961	$57,266,758,180	$191,659,914
1962	$64,987,857,542	$203,531,928
1963	$74,379,284,603	$216,145,936
1964	$87,490,590,818	$229,529,913
1965	$97,338,107,606	$243,725,898
1966	$113,046,784,179	$257,375,897
1967	$132,475,614,227	$271,781,887
1968	$156,897,496,759	$286,719,885
1969	$184,298,841,305	$306,357,285
1970	$217,223,652,719	$347,985,394
1971	$245,364,056,622	$347,039,446
1972	$324,933,841,269	$447,883,941
1973	$441,460,582,536	$483,699,611
1974	$490,035,789,970	$572,504,036
1975	$532,861,438,885	$757,015,879
1976	$598,883,902,156	$871,344,245
1977	$737,069,290,928	$498,550,725
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$564,571,823
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$589,566,929
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$602,515,548
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$699,302,473
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$774,578,932
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$735,408,642
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$787,434,542
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$875,702,247
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$916,590,786
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$1,018,972,664
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$1,051,596,967
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$1,181,360,844
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$1,031,282,081
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$717,974,930
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$709,297,579
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$1,260,132,956
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$1,481,205,098
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$1,534,756,135
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$1,792,234,297
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$2,191,749,014
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$2,962,047,564
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$3,045,751,528
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$3,412,797,450
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$2,252,847,465
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$2,192,684,135
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$2,836,724,352
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$3,859,592,813
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$4,683,246,454
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$5,026,743,282
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$5,430,713,729
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$5,913,620,293
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$2,948,594,552
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$2,687,807,004
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$2,906,000,097
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$4,364,670,160
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$5,062,881,600
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$5,728,399,720
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$6,152,149,100
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$6,613,743,070
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$7,621,501,710
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$7,873,440,830
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$8,655,023,960
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$8,628,393,720
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$9,483,997,390
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$10,202,767,270
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$10,968,517,090
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$12,108,515,110

Japan and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Somalia
1960	$509	$62.7
1961	$609	$64.9
1962	$685	$67.2
1963	$776	$69.5
1964	$903	$71.9
1965	$994	$74.4
1966	$1,144	$76.5
1967	$1,326	$78.7
1968	$1,553	$80.8
1969	$1,803	$84.1
1970	$2,101	$93.1
1971	$2,321	$90.4
1972	$3,031	$113.7
1973	$4,061	$119.6
1974	$4,448	$137.9
1975	$4,776	$177.8
1976	$5,310	$199.6
1977	$6,473	$111.2
1978	$9,012	$117.3
1979	$9,301	$108.2
1980	$9,669	$101.5
1981	$10,583	$116.9
1982	$9,780	$129
1983	$10,652	$118.6
1984	$11,207	$122.5
1985	$11,809	$130.8
1986	$17,452	$131.4
1987	$21,142	$141
1988	$25,500	$145.3
1989	$25,266	$166
1990	$25,801	$145.6
1991	$29,428	$105.4
1992	$31,993	$109.2
1993	$36,345	$188.6
1994	$39,934	$210.8
1995	$44,198	$210.7
1996	$39,150	$237.2
1997	$35,638	$280.1
1998	$32,424	$363
1999	$36,610	$359
2000	$39,169	$386
2001	$34,406	$244.9
2002	$32,821	$229.6
2003	$35,387	$286.3
2004	$38,299	$375
2005	$37,813	$440
2006	$35,992	$458
2007	$35,779	$480
2008	$39,876	$507
2009	$41,309	$246.5
2010	$44,968	$219.2
2011	$48,760	$235.3
2012	$49,145	$350
2013	$40,899	$393
2014	$38,475	$429
2015	$34,961	$446
2016	$39,375	$461
2017	$38,834	$511
2018	$39,751	$510
2019	$40,416	$540
2020	$40,029	$518
2021	$40,095	$549
2022	$34,066	$573
2023	$33,836	$597
2024	$32,476	$637

Japan vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Somalia
1950	59.3	41.5
1951	61	41.7
1952	63	41.9
1953	63.3	42.1
1954	64.5	42.3
1955	65.7	42.5
1956	65.6	42.7
1957	65.4	42.9
1958	67	43.1
1959	67.5	43.3
1960	67.7	43.5
1961	68.4	43.7
1962	68.7	44
1963	69.7	44.2
1964	70.2	44.4
1965	70.3	44.6
1966	71.1	44.8
1967	71.4	45.1
1968	71.7	45.3
1969	71.9	45.5
1970	72	45.6
1971	72.8	45.8
1972	73.3	46
1973	73.4	46.2
1974	73.8	44.3
1975	74.4	44.5
1976	74.8	44.7
1977	75.3	47
1978	75.7	47
1979	76.2	47.4
1980	76.1	47.6
1981	76.6	47.8
1982	77.1	48
1983	77.1	48.2
1984	77.5	48.4
1985	77.8	48.3
1986	78.2	48.4
1987	78.6	49
1988	78.5	43.9
1989	79	46.6
1990	79	46.9
1991	79.3	25.4
1992	79.3	25
1993	79.4	50.6
1994	79.8	50.3
1995	79.7	50.6
1996	80.4	50.5
1997	80.6	50.3
1998	80.6	50.8
1999	80.6	50.6
2000	81.2	50.7
2001	81.5	50.8
2002	81.8	50.8
2003	81.9	50.7
2004	82.1	50.7
2005	82	50.9
2006	82.4	50.9
2007	82.5	50.9
2008	82.6	51.5
2009	83	52.1
2010	82.9	48.9
2011	82.7	32.5
2012	83.2	49.1
2013	83.4	54
2014	83.6	54.4
2015	83.9	55.1
2016	84.1	55.3
2017	84.2	52.2
2018	84.3	54.8
2019	84.4	57.2
2020	84.7	57.1
2021	84.6	55.7
2022	84.1	53.9
2023	84.7	58.8
2024	84.9	59
2025	85	59.1

Japan and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Somalia
1960	93,216,000	2,876,331
1961	94,055,000	2,952,054
1962	94,933,000	3,030,091
1963	95,900,000	3,110,361
1964	96,903,000	3,192,796
1965	97,952,000	3,277,874
1966	98,851,000	3,365,106
1967	99,879,000	3,454,537
1968	101,011,000	3,546,590
1969	102,219,000	3,641,015
1970	103,403,000	3,738,448
1971	105,697,000	3,837,691
1972	107,188,000	3,939,436
1973	108,707,000	4,045,592
1974	110,162,000	4,151,842
1975	111,573,000	4,257,535
1976	112,775,000	4,365,812
1977	113,872,000	4,484,050
1978	114,913,000	4,814,892
1979	115,890,000	5,449,117
1980	116,807,000	5,936,154
1981	117,661,000	5,982,849
1982	118,480,000	6,003,840
1983	119,307,000	6,198,430
1984	120,083,000	6,428,389
1985	120,837,000	6,693,289
1986	121,482,000	6,974,788
1987	122,069,000	7,228,302
1988	122,578,000	7,235,360
1989	123,069,000	7,114,817
1990	123,478,000	7,082,811
1991	123,964,000	6,813,760
1992	124,425,000	6,495,107
1993	124,829,000	6,681,399
1994	125,178,000	7,026,797
1995	125,472,000	7,285,007
1996	125,757,000	7,554,474
1997	126,057,000	7,824,525
1998	126,400,000	8,155,417
1999	126,631,000	8,492,059
2000	126,843,000	8,838,713
2001	127,149,000	9,198,493
2002	127,445,000	9,550,063
2003	127,718,000	9,909,157
2004	127,761,000	10,280,998
2005	127,773,000	10,644,228
2006	127,854,000	10,975,502
2007	128,001,000	11,322,582
2008	128,063,000	11,663,084
2009	128,047,000	11,961,201
2010	128,070,000	12,261,756
2011	127,833,000	12,348,830
2012	127,629,000	12,461,160
2013	127,445,000	12,869,594
2014	127,276,000	13,339,491
2015	127,141,000	13,806,963
2016	127,076,000	14,348,740
2017	126,972,000	14,916,629
2018	126,811,000	15,452,487
2019	126,633,000	16,030,971
2020	126,261,000	16,651,191
2021	125,681,593	17,271,431
2022	125,124,989	17,801,897
2023	124,516,650	18,358,615
2024	123,975,371	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Japan and Somalia

Fertility rate

Japan

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Somalia
1960	2	7.25
1961	1.96	7.25
1962	1.98	7.26
1963	2	7.26
1964	2.05	7.26
1965	2.14	7.26
1966	1.58	7.26
1967	2.23	7.25
1968	2.13	7.23
1969	2.13	7.21
1970	2.13	7.18
1971	2.16	7.15
1972	2.14	7.12
1973	2.14	7.09
1974	2.05	7.06
1975	1.91	7.03
1976	1.85	7.02
1977	1.8	7
1978	1.79	7.13
1979	1.77	7.16
1980	1.75	7.18
1981	1.74	7.23
1982	1.77	7.25
1983	1.8	7.28
1984	1.81	7.3
1985	1.76	7.33
1986	1.72	7.35
1987	1.69	7.37
1988	1.66	7.4
1989	1.57	7.42
1990	1.54	7.44
1991	1.53	7.47
1992	1.5	7.5
1993	1.46	7.53
1994	1.5	7.54
1995	1.42	7.58
1996	1.43	7.62
1997	1.39	7.66
1998	1.38	7.66
1999	1.34	7.66
2000	1.36	7.65
2001	1.33	7.64
2002	1.32	7.63
2003	1.29	7.6
2004	1.29	7.57
2005	1.26	7.53
2006	1.32	7.49
2007	1.34	7.46
2008	1.37	7.42
2009	1.37	7.38
2010	1.39	7.32
2011	1.39	7.27
2012	1.41	7.21
2013	1.43	7.14
2014	1.42	7.06
2015	1.45	6.98
2016	1.44	6.88
2017	1.43	6.77
2018	1.42	6.66
2019	1.36	6.56
2020	1.33	6.45
2021	1.3	6.35
2022	1.26	6.26
2023	1.2	6.13

Japan and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Somalia
1960	25.8	18.1
1961	26.2	17.9
1962	26.5	17.8
1963	26.9	17.7
1964	27.2	17.6
1965	27.6	17.5
1966	28	17.5
1967	28.4	17.5
1968	28.6	17.5
1969	28.9	17.5
1970	29.2	17.5
1971	29.6	17.6
1972	29.9	17.6
1973	30.2	17.6
1974	30.4	17.7
1975	30.6	17.7
1976	30.9	17.7
1977	31.5	17.7
1978	32	17.7
1979	32.4	17.6
1980	32.8	17.6
1981	33.1	17.5
1982	33.7	17.4
1983	34.3	17.4
1984	34.9	17.3
1985	35.4	17.2
1986	35.9	17.1
1987	36.3	17
1988	36.8	16.8
1989	37.2	16.7
1990	37.7	16.5
1991	38.2	16.5
1992	38.7	16.7
1993	39.2	16.8
1994	39.6	16.7
1995	40	16.6
1996	40.3	16.5
1997	40.7	16.4
1998	41	16.4
1999	41.4	16.3
2000	41.8	16.3
2001	42.1	16.2
2002	42.5	16.2
2003	42.8	16.1
2004	43.2	16
2005	43.6	15.9
2006	43.9	15.7
2007	44.2	15.6
2008	44.6	15.6
2009	44.9	15.6
2010	45.2	15.7
2011	45.5	15.8
2012	45.8	16
2013	46.2	16
2014	46.6	16
2015	47	16.1
2016	47.3	16.1
2017	47.6	16.2
2018	48	16.2
2019	48.3	16.3
2020	48.7	16.3
2021	49.1	16.4
2022	49.5	16.5
2023	50	16.5
2024	50.4	16.6

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