Japan vs Switzerland statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 61st vs. 131st).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Japan and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Japan and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Japan

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Switzerland
1960	$47,419,238,274	$10,412,232,621
1961	$57,266,758,180	$11,713,348,834
1962	$64,987,857,542	$12,989,649,694
1963	$74,379,284,603	$14,283,872,299
1964	$87,490,590,818	$15,833,133,858
1965	$97,338,107,606	$16,780,226,225
1966	$113,046,784,179	$18,019,402,374
1967	$132,475,614,227	$19,397,044,714
1968	$156,897,496,759	$20,712,102,794
1969	$184,298,841,305	$22,442,043,274
1970	$217,223,652,719	$24,998,066,773
1971	$245,364,056,622	$30,040,171,751
1972	$324,933,841,269	$36,844,318,854
1973	$441,460,582,536	$49,550,006,320
1974	$490,035,789,970	$57,103,011,446
1975	$532,861,438,885	$65,466,081,819
1976	$598,883,902,156	$68,476,524,644
1977	$737,069,290,928	$73,135,771,167
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$102,280,472,036
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$114,970,094,425
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$122,557,843,886
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$112,244,805,519
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$115,043,365,512
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$114,634,358,535
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$109,455,312,168
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$110,980,314,192
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$159,089,921,063
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$199,236,370,038
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$215,540,625,299
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$208,105,846,934
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$265,763,573,999
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$268,901,693,863
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$279,921,425,828
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$272,237,527,071
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$301,375,055,202
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$352,835,806,342
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$340,103,959,547
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$294,788,198,856
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$303,459,014,347
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$297,873,643,323
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$279,216,033,870
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$286,582,672,434
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$309,301,422,430
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$362,075,086,508
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$403,912,891,033
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$418,284,865,885
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$441,634,672,197
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$490,740,715,595
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$567,267,767,519
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$554,212,916,092
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$598,851,027,948
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$715,888,126,682
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$686,420,221,558
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$706,234,937,371
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$726,537,809,430
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$694,118,186,380
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$687,895,460,903
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$695,200,834,102
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$725,568,717,468
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$721,369,112,727
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$741,999,406,006
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$815,309,330,987
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$828,508,926,958
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$894,424,821,645
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$936,564,198,049

Japan and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Switzerland
1960	$509	$1,954
1961	$609	$2,155
1962	$685	$2,330
1963	$776	$2,508
1964	$903	$2,735
1965	$994	$2,865
1966	$1,144	$3,045
1967	$1,326	$3,237
1968	$1,553	$3,413
1969	$1,803	$3,657
1970	$2,101	$4,044
1971	$2,321	$4,835
1972	$3,031	$5,885
1973	$4,061	$7,856
1974	$4,448	$9,005
1975	$4,776	$10,328
1976	$5,310	$10,865
1977	$6,473	$11,644
1978	$9,012	$16,282
1979	$9,301	$18,266
1980	$9,669	$19,394
1981	$10,583	$17,665
1982	$9,780	$18,000
1983	$10,652	$17,859
1984	$11,207	$16,991
1985	$11,809	$17,152
1986	$17,452	$24,460
1987	$21,142	$30,441
1988	$25,500	$32,690
1989	$25,266	$31,309
1990	$25,801	$39,575
1991	$29,428	$39,544
1992	$31,993	$40,714
1993	$36,345	$39,237
1994	$39,934	$43,092
1995	$44,198	$50,114
1996	$39,150	$48,093
1997	$35,638	$41,584
1998	$32,424	$42,681
1999	$36,610	$41,696
2000	$39,169	$38,865
2001	$34,406	$39,639
2002	$32,821	$42,459
2003	$35,387	$49,336
2004	$38,299	$54,659
2005	$37,813	$56,243
2006	$35,992	$59,011
2007	$35,779	$64,989
2008	$39,876	$74,175
2009	$41,309	$71,568
2010	$44,968	$76,531
2011	$48,760	$90,477
2012	$49,145	$85,836
2013	$40,899	$87,304
2014	$38,475	$88,725
2015	$34,961	$83,806
2016	$39,375	$82,153
2017	$38,834	$82,254
2018	$39,751	$85,217
2019	$40,416	$84,122
2020	$40,029	$85,898
2021	$40,095	$93,665
2022	$34,066	$94,395
2023	$33,836	$100,632
2024	$32,476	$103,670

Japan vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Switzerland
1950	59.3	68.9
1951	61	68.7
1952	63	69.6
1953	63.3	69.5
1954	64.5	70
1955	65.7	70.1
1956	65.6	70.2
1957	65.4	70.5
1958	67	71.3
1959	67.5	71.5
1960	67.7	71.4
1961	68.4	71.7
1962	68.7	71.3
1963	69.7	71.3
1964	70.2	72.2
1965	70.3	72.3
1966	71.1	72.4
1967	71.4	72.7
1968	71.7	72.7
1969	71.9	72.7
1970	72	73.1
1971	72.8	73.2
1972	73.3	73.8
1973	73.4	74.1
1974	73.8	74.4
1975	74.4	74.8
1976	74.8	74.9
1977	75.3	75.4
1978	75.7	75.3
1979	76.2	75.6
1980	76.1	75.6
1981	76.6	75.8
1982	77.1	76.2
1983	77.1	76.2
1984	77.5	76.8
1985	77.8	76.9
1986	78.2	77
1987	78.6	77.3
1988	78.5	77.4
1989	79	77.6
1990	79	77.4
1991	79.3	77.6
1992	79.3	77.9
1993	79.4	78.2
1994	79.8	78.5
1995	79.7	78.6
1996	80.4	79
1997	80.6	79.2
1998	80.6	79.5
1999	80.6	79.7
2000	81.2	79.8
2001	81.5	80.3
2002	81.8	80.4
2003	81.9	80.5
2004	82.1	81.1
2005	82	81.2
2006	82.4	81.5
2007	82.5	81.7
2008	82.6	82
2009	83	82
2010	82.9	82.3
2011	82.7	82.6
2012	83.2	82.6
2013	83.4	82.7
2014	83.6	83.1
2015	83.9	82.8
2016	84.1	83.4
2017	84.2	83.4
2018	84.3	83.6
2019	84.4	83.8
2020	84.7	83.1
2021	84.6	83.6
2022	84.1	83.2
2023	84.7	84
2024	84.9	84.1
2025	85	84.2

Japan and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Switzerland
1960	93,216,000	5,327,827
1961	94,055,000	5,434,294
1962	94,933,000	5,573,815
1963	95,900,000	5,694,247
1964	96,903,000	5,789,228
1965	97,952,000	5,856,472
1966	98,851,000	5,918,002
1967	99,879,000	5,991,785
1968	101,011,000	6,067,714
1969	102,219,000	6,136,387
1970	103,403,000	6,180,877
1971	105,697,000	6,213,399
1972	107,188,000	6,260,956
1973	108,707,000	6,307,347
1974	110,162,000	6,341,405
1975	111,573,000	6,338,632
1976	112,775,000	6,302,504
1977	113,872,000	6,281,174
1978	114,913,000	6,281,738
1979	115,890,000	6,294,365
1980	116,807,000	6,319,408
1981	117,661,000	6,354,074
1982	118,480,000	6,391,309
1983	119,307,000	6,418,773
1984	120,083,000	6,441,865
1985	120,837,000	6,470,365
1986	121,482,000	6,504,124
1987	122,069,000	6,545,106
1988	122,578,000	6,593,386
1989	123,069,000	6,646,912
1990	123,478,000	6,715,519
1991	123,964,000	6,799,978
1992	124,425,000	6,875,364
1993	124,829,000	6,938,265
1994	125,178,000	6,993,795
1995	125,472,000	7,040,687
1996	125,757,000	7,071,850
1997	126,057,000	7,088,906
1998	126,400,000	7,110,001
1999	126,631,000	7,143,991
2000	126,843,000	7,184,250
2001	127,149,000	7,229,854
2002	127,445,000	7,284,753
2003	127,718,000	7,339,001
2004	127,761,000	7,389,625
2005	127,773,000	7,437,115
2006	127,854,000	7,483,934
2007	128,001,000	7,551,117
2008	128,063,000	7,647,675
2009	128,047,000	7,743,831
2010	128,070,000	7,824,909
2011	127,833,000	7,912,398
2012	127,629,000	7,996,861
2013	127,445,000	8,089,346
2014	127,276,000	8,188,649
2015	127,141,000	8,282,396
2016	127,076,000	8,373,338
2017	126,972,000	8,451,840
2018	126,811,000	8,514,329
2019	126,633,000	8,575,280
2020	126,261,000	8,638,167
2021	125,681,593	8,704,546
2022	125,124,989	8,777,088
2023	124,516,650	8,888,093
2024	123,975,371	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Japan and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Japan

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Switzerland
1960	2	2.44
1961	1.96	2.52
1962	1.98	2.58
1963	2	2.65
1964	2.05	2.66
1965	2.14	2.59
1966	1.58	2.5
1967	2.23	2.39
1968	2.13	2.29
1969	2.13	2.19
1970	2.13	2.1
1971	2.16	2.04
1972	2.14	1.91
1973	2.14	1.81
1974	2.05	1.73
1975	1.91	1.61
1976	1.85	1.55
1977	1.8	1.53
1978	1.79	1.51
1979	1.77	1.52
1980	1.75	1.55
1981	1.74	1.55
1982	1.77	1.56
1983	1.8	1.52
1984	1.81	1.53
1985	1.76	1.52
1986	1.72	1.53
1987	1.69	1.52
1988	1.66	1.57
1989	1.57	1.56
1990	1.54	1.58
1991	1.53	1.58
1992	1.5	1.58
1993	1.46	1.51
1994	1.5	1.49
1995	1.42	1.48
1996	1.43	1.5
1997	1.39	1.48
1998	1.38	1.47
1999	1.34	1.48
2000	1.36	1.5
2001	1.33	1.38
2002	1.32	1.39
2003	1.29	1.39
2004	1.29	1.42
2005	1.26	1.42
2006	1.32	1.44
2007	1.34	1.46
2008	1.37	1.48
2009	1.37	1.5
2010	1.39	1.52
2011	1.39	1.52
2012	1.41	1.52
2013	1.43	1.52
2014	1.42	1.54
2015	1.45	1.54
2016	1.44	1.54
2017	1.43	1.52
2018	1.42	1.52
2019	1.36	1.48
2020	1.33	1.46
2021	1.3	1.52
2022	1.26	1.39
2023	1.2	1.33

Japan and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Switzerland
1960	25.8	32.6
1961	26.2	32.4
1962	26.5	32
1963	26.9	31.7
1964	27.2	31.5
1965	27.6	31.6
1966	28	31.6
1967	28.4	31.6
1968	28.6	31.7
1969	28.9	31.7
1970	29.2	32
1971	29.6	32.2
1972	29.9	32.3
1973	30.2	32.5
1974	30.4	32.7
1975	30.6	33.1
1976	30.9	33.5
1977	31.5	33.8
1978	32	34.2
1979	32.4	34.5
1980	32.8	34.8
1981	33.1	35
1982	33.7	35.3
1983	34.3	35.6
1984	34.9	35.9
1985	35.4	36.1
1986	35.9	36.3
1987	36.3	36.5
1988	36.8	36.7
1989	37.2	36.8
1990	37.7	36.9
1991	38.2	36.9
1992	38.7	36.9
1993	39.2	37
1994	39.6	37.1
1995	40	37.3
1996	40.3	37.6
1997	40.7	37.9
1998	41	38.2
1999	41.4	38.4
2000	41.8	38.7
2001	42.1	39
2002	42.5	39.3
2003	42.8	39.6
2004	43.2	39.9
2005	43.6	40.3
2006	43.9	40.6
2007	44.2	40.9
2008	44.6	41.1
2009	44.9	41.3
2010	45.2	41.5
2011	45.5	41.6
2012	45.8	41.8
2013	46.2	42
2014	46.6	42.1
2015	47	42.2
2016	47.3	42.3
2017	47.6	42.4
2018	48	42.5
2019	48.3	42.6
2020	48.7	42.7
2021	49.1	42.8
2022	49.5	43
2023	50	43.4
2024	50.4	43.7

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