Japan vs Thailand statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 61st vs. 50th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Japan and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Japan and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Japan

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Thailand
1960	$47,419,238,274	$2,760,750,861
1961	$57,266,758,180	$3,034,037,811
1962	$64,987,857,542	$3,308,912,797
1963	$74,379,284,603	$3,540,403,457
1964	$87,490,590,818	$3,889,129,942
1965	$97,338,107,606	$4,388,937,649
1966	$113,046,784,179	$5,279,230,817
1967	$132,475,614,227	$5,638,461,442
1968	$156,897,496,759	$6,081,009,428
1969	$184,298,841,305	$6,695,336,567
1970	$217,223,652,719	$7,086,538,438
1971	$245,364,056,622	$7,375,000,024
1972	$324,933,841,269	$8,177,873,151
1973	$441,460,582,536	$10,838,587,358
1974	$490,035,789,970	$13,702,998,512
1975	$532,861,438,885	$14,882,770,594
1976	$598,883,902,156	$16,985,208,648
1977	$737,069,290,928	$19,779,312,261
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$24,006,566,637
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$27,371,650,825
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$32,353,514,989
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$34,846,039,194
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$36,589,772,404
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$40,042,798,388
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$41,797,647,776
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$38,900,711,333
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$43,096,773,981
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$50,535,446,555
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$61,667,253,471
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$72,250,748,100
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$85,343,190,719
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$98,234,714,971
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$111,452,746,518
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$128,889,262,951
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$146,683,778,959
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$169,278,916,593
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$183,035,237,429
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$150,180,456,566
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$113,675,596,788
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$126,669,211,779
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$126,392,224,254
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$120,296,476,180
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$134,300,904,400
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$152,280,615,246
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$172,895,685,155
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$189,318,408,469
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$221,758,296,022
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$262,942,621,455
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$291,382,982,431
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$281,710,630,187
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$341,104,766,329
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$370,818,739,624
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$397,558,325,279
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$420,333,654,593
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$407,339,040,198
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$401,296,238,228
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$413,366,349,748
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$456,356,813,537
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$506,754,208,404
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$543,976,691,794
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$500,461,898,480
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$506,194,668,790
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$495,644,697,588
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$515,906,283,941
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$526,411,265,428

Japan and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Thailand
1960	$509	$102.8
1961	$609	$109.7
1962	$685	$116.2
1963	$776	$120.7
1964	$903	$128.6
1965	$994	$140.9
1966	$1,144	$164.5
1967	$1,326	$170.7
1968	$1,553	$178.8
1969	$1,803	$191.4
1970	$2,101	$197.1
1971	$2,321	$199.7
1972	$3,031	$215.6
1973	$4,061	$278.3
1974	$4,448	$343
1975	$4,776	$364
1976	$5,310	$405
1977	$6,473	$462
1978	$9,012	$548
1979	$9,301	$612
1980	$9,669	$709
1981	$10,583	$748
1982	$9,780	$770
1983	$10,652	$827
1984	$11,207	$847
1985	$11,809	$774
1986	$17,452	$842
1987	$21,142	$970
1988	$25,500	$1,164
1989	$25,266	$1,342
1990	$25,801	$1,559
1991	$29,428	$1,766
1992	$31,993	$1,972
1993	$36,345	$2,245
1994	$39,934	$2,518
1995	$44,198	$2,864
1996	$39,150	$3,055
1997	$35,638	$2,473
1998	$32,424	$1,848
1999	$36,610	$2,033
2000	$39,169	$2,006
2001	$34,406	$1,890
2002	$32,821	$2,090
2003	$35,387	$2,348
2004	$38,299	$2,642
2005	$37,813	$2,868
2006	$35,992	$3,331
2007	$35,779	$3,919
2008	$39,876	$4,309
2009	$41,309	$4,135
2010	$44,968	$4,974
2011	$48,760	$5,374
2012	$49,145	$5,726
2013	$40,899	$6,018
2014	$38,475	$5,801
2015	$34,961	$5,689
2016	$39,375	$5,834
2017	$38,834	$6,413
2018	$39,751	$7,100
2019	$40,416	$7,606
2020	$40,029	$6,986
2021	$40,095	$7,057
2022	$34,066	$6,909
2023	$33,836	$7,195
2024	$32,476	$7,345

Japan vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Thailand
1950	59.3	45.2
1951	61	45.9
1952	63	46.5
1953	63.3	47.1
1954	64.5	47.6
1955	65.7	48.1
1956	65.6	48.6
1957	65.4	49.1
1958	67	49.5
1959	67.5	50.1
1960	67.7	50.6
1961	68.4	51.1
1962	68.7	51.4
1963	69.7	52
1964	70.2	52.5
1965	70.3	53.1
1966	71.1	53.7
1967	71.4	54.3
1968	71.7	55
1969	71.9	55.7
1970	72	56.5
1971	72.8	57.1
1972	73.3	57.7
1973	73.4	58.3
1974	73.8	59
1975	74.4	59.7
1976	74.8	60.4
1977	75.3	60.9
1978	75.7	61.3
1979	76.2	61.7
1980	76.1	62.2
1981	76.6	62.9
1982	77.1	63.6
1983	77.1	64.5
1984	77.5	65.5
1985	77.8	66.5
1986	78.2	67.3
1987	78.6	67.8
1988	78.5	68.2
1989	79	68.6
1990	79	68.9
1991	79.3	69.1
1992	79.3	69.4
1993	79.4	69.6
1994	79.8	69.7
1995	79.7	69.8
1996	80.4	69.9
1997	80.6	70.4
1998	80.6	70.7
1999	80.6	71
2000	81.2	71.2
2001	81.5	71.5
2002	81.8	71.8
2003	81.9	72.1
2004	82.1	72.1
2005	82	72.9
2006	82.4	73.3
2007	82.5	73.8
2008	82.6	74.2
2009	83	74.7
2010	82.9	75
2011	82.7	75.3
2012	83.2	75.6
2013	83.4	76
2014	83.6	76.3
2015	83.9	76.6
2016	84.1	76.8
2017	84.2	77
2018	84.3	77.2
2019	84.4	77.2
2020	84.7	77.3
2021	84.6	77.6
2022	84.1	75.3
2023	84.7	76.4
2024	84.9	76.6
2025	85	76.8

Japan and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Thailand
1960	93,216,000	26,851,747
1961	94,055,000	27,650,334
1962	94,933,000	28,481,040
1963	95,900,000	29,342,322
1964	96,903,000	30,232,141
1965	97,952,000	31,149,337
1966	98,851,000	32,086,071
1967	99,879,000	33,037,801
1968	101,011,000	34,002,560
1969	102,219,000	34,973,782
1970	103,403,000	35,954,408
1971	105,697,000	36,937,387
1972	107,188,000	37,933,929
1973	108,707,000	38,947,787
1974	110,162,000	39,952,891
1975	111,573,000	40,940,005
1976	112,775,000	41,896,504
1977	113,872,000	42,843,974
1978	114,913,000	43,788,976
1979	115,890,000	44,718,434
1980	116,807,000	45,650,022
1981	117,661,000	46,575,855
1982	118,480,000	47,494,577
1983	119,307,000	48,423,309
1984	120,083,000	49,351,708
1985	120,837,000	50,270,753
1986	121,482,000	51,177,834
1987	122,069,000	52,074,105
1988	122,578,000	52,969,595
1989	123,069,000	53,848,956
1990	123,478,000	54,738,329
1991	123,964,000	55,637,434
1992	124,425,000	56,528,834
1993	124,829,000	57,408,198
1994	125,178,000	58,260,854
1995	125,472,000	59,098,232
1996	125,757,000	59,920,064
1997	126,057,000	60,724,584
1998	126,400,000	61,522,630
1999	126,631,000	62,299,043
2000	126,843,000	63,007,815
2001	127,149,000	63,651,141
2002	127,445,000	64,266,437
2003	127,718,000	64,868,166
2004	127,761,000	65,452,047
2005	127,773,000	66,017,420
2006	127,854,000	66,567,687
2007	128,001,000	67,102,394
2008	128,063,000	67,619,830
2009	128,047,000	68,121,080
2010	128,070,000	68,579,447
2011	127,833,000	69,007,208
2012	127,629,000	69,436,098
2013	127,445,000	69,845,114
2014	127,276,000	70,216,367
2015	127,141,000	70,540,795
2016	127,076,000	70,859,841
2017	126,972,000	71,160,187
2018	126,811,000	71,376,079
2019	126,633,000	71,522,271
2020	126,261,000	71,641,484
2021	125,681,593	71,727,332
2022	125,124,989	71,735,329
2023	124,516,650	71,702,435
2024	123,975,371	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Japan and Thailand

Fertility rate

Japan

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Thailand
1960	2	6.33
1961	1.96	6.32
1962	1.98	6.33
1963	2	6.34
1964	2.05	6.31
1965	2.14	6.26
1966	1.58	6.18
1967	2.23	6.08
1968	2.13	5.93
1969	2.13	5.7
1970	2.13	5.45
1971	2.16	5.25
1972	2.14	5.08
1973	2.14	4.85
1974	2.05	4.6
1975	1.91	4.36
1976	1.85	4.12
1977	1.8	3.87
1978	1.79	3.62
1979	1.77	3.45
1980	1.75	3.29
1981	1.74	3.13
1982	1.77	2.94
1983	1.8	2.76
1984	1.81	2.58
1985	1.76	2.45
1986	1.72	2.36
1987	1.69	2.26
1988	1.66	2.17
1989	1.57	2.14
1990	1.54	2.07
1991	1.53	2.04
1992	1.5	2.01
1993	1.46	1.97
1994	1.5	1.93
1995	1.42	1.89
1996	1.43	1.87
1997	1.39	1.85
1998	1.38	1.82
1999	1.34	1.77
2000	1.36	1.73
2001	1.33	1.71
2002	1.32	1.69
2003	1.29	1.67
2004	1.29	1.67
2005	1.26	1.64
2006	1.32	1.63
2007	1.34	1.62
2008	1.37	1.59
2009	1.37	1.57
2010	1.39	1.56
2011	1.39	1.57
2012	1.41	1.56
2013	1.43	1.53
2014	1.42	1.48
2015	1.45	1.45
2016	1.44	1.4
2017	1.43	1.36
2018	1.42	1.32
2019	1.36	1.29
2020	1.33	1.26
2021	1.3	1.23
2022	1.26	1.22
2023	1.2	1.21

Japan and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Thailand
1960	25.8	18
1961	26.2	17.9
1962	26.5	17.7
1963	26.9	17.6
1964	27.2	17.5
1965	27.6	17.4
1966	28	17.3
1967	28.4	17.3
1968	28.6	17.3
1969	28.9	17.4
1970	29.2	17.5
1971	29.6	17.6
1972	29.9	17.8
1973	30.2	18
1974	30.4	18.2
1975	30.6	18.4
1976	30.9	18.7
1977	31.5	18.9
1978	32	19.2
1979	32.4	19.5
1980	32.8	19.9
1981	33.1	20.2
1982	33.7	20.6
1983	34.3	21
1984	34.9	21.5
1985	35.4	21.9
1986	35.9	22.4
1987	36.3	22.8
1988	36.8	23.3
1989	37.2	23.7
1990	37.7	24.3
1991	38.2	24.8
1992	38.7	25.4
1993	39.2	26
1994	39.6	26.6
1995	40	27.2
1996	40.3	27.7
1997	40.7	28.3
1998	41	28.9
1999	41.4	29.5
2000	41.8	30
2001	42.1	30.5
2002	42.5	30.9
2003	42.8	31.3
2004	43.2	31.7
2005	43.6	32.2
2006	43.9	32.6
2007	44.2	33.1
2008	44.6	33.6
2009	44.9	34
2010	45.2	34.5
2011	45.5	35
2012	45.8	35.4
2013	46.2	35.9
2014	46.6	36.3
2015	47	36.8
2016	47.3	37.3
2017	47.6	37.7
2018	48	38.2
2019	48.3	38.7
2020	48.7	39.2
2021	49.1	39.7
2022	49.5	40.2
2023	50	40.7
2024	50.4	41.1

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