Japan vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 61st vs. 78th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Japan and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Japan and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Japan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	United Kingdom
1960	$47,419,238,274	$73,233,967,692
1961	$57,266,758,180	$77,741,965,703
1962	$64,987,857,542	$81,247,564,157
1963	$74,379,284,603	$86,561,961,812
1964	$87,490,590,818	$94,407,558,351
1965	$97,338,107,606	$101,824,755,079
1966	$113,046,784,179	$108,572,752,102
1967	$132,475,614,227	$113,116,888,211
1968	$156,897,496,759	$107,759,910,068
1969	$184,298,841,305	$116,464,702,803
1970	$217,223,652,719	$130,671,946,244
1971	$245,364,056,622	$148,113,896,325
1972	$324,933,841,269	$169,965,034,965
1973	$441,460,582,536	$192,537,971,583
1974	$490,035,789,970	$206,131,369,799
1975	$532,861,438,885	$241,756,637,168
1976	$598,883,902,156	$232,614,555,256
1977	$737,069,290,928	$263,066,457,352
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$335,883,029,722
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$438,994,070,309
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$564,947,710,899
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$540,765,675,241
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$515,048,916,841
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$489,618,008,186
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$461,487,097,632
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$489,285,164,271
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$601,452,653,181
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$745,162,608,269
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$910,122,732,124
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$926,884,816,754
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$3,643,834,188,783

Japan and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	United Kingdom
1960	$509	$1,398
1961	$609	$1,472
1962	$685	$1,526
1963	$776	$1,613
1964	$903	$1,748
1965	$994	$1,874
1966	$1,144	$1,987
1967	$1,326	$2,059
1968	$1,553	$1,952
1969	$1,803	$2,101
1970	$2,101	$2,348
1971	$2,321	$2,650
1972	$3,031	$3,030
1973	$4,061	$3,426
1974	$4,448	$3,666
1975	$4,776	$4,300
1976	$5,310	$4,138
1977	$6,473	$4,681
1978	$9,012	$5,977
1979	$9,301	$7,805
1980	$9,669	$10,032
1981	$10,583	$9,599
1982	$9,780	$9,146
1983	$10,652	$8,692
1984	$11,207	$8,179
1985	$11,809	$8,652
1986	$17,452	$10,611
1987	$21,142	$13,119
1988	$25,500	$15,987
1989	$25,266	$16,239
1990	$25,801	$19,095
1991	$29,428	$19,901
1992	$31,993	$20,487
1993	$36,345	$18,389
1994	$39,934	$19,709
1995	$44,198	$23,169
1996	$39,150	$24,406
1997	$35,638	$26,766
1998	$32,424	$28,275
1999	$36,610	$28,762
2000	$39,169	$28,281
2001	$34,406	$27,907
2002	$32,821	$30,078
2003	$35,387	$34,443
2004	$38,299	$40,367
2005	$37,813	$42,105
2006	$35,992	$44,512
2007	$35,779	$50,398
2008	$39,876	$47,396
2009	$41,309	$38,744
2010	$44,968	$39,599
2011	$48,760	$42,110
2012	$49,145	$42,490
2013	$40,899	$43,419
2014	$38,475	$47,427
2015	$34,961	$44,984
2016	$39,375	$40,988
2017	$38,834	$40,629
2018	$39,751	$43,315
2019	$40,416	$42,794
2020	$40,029	$40,405
2021	$40,095	$46,926
2022	$34,066	$46,063
2023	$33,836	$49,201
2024	$32,476	$52,637

Japan vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	United Kingdom
1950	59.3	68.6
1951	61	68.2
1952	63	69.5
1953	63.3	69.8
1954	64.5	70.2
1955	65.7	70.1
1956	65.6	70.4
1957	65.4	70.5
1958	67	70.7
1959	67.5	70.8
1960	67.7	71
1961	68.4	70.8
1962	68.7	70.9
1963	69.7	70.8
1964	70.2	71.5
1965	70.3	71.5
1966	71.1	71.4
1967	71.4	72.1
1968	71.7	71.7
1969	71.9	71.7
1970	72	71.9
1971	72.8	72.2
1972	73.3	72
1973	73.4	72.2
1974	73.8	72.4
1975	74.4	72.7
1976	74.8	72.6
1977	75.3	73.1
1978	75.7	73
1979	76.2	73.2
1980	76.1	73.6
1981	76.6	73.9
1982	77.1	74
1983	77.1	74.3
1984	77.5	74.7
1985	77.8	74.5
1986	78.2	74.8
1987	78.6	75.1
1988	78.5	75.3
1989	79	75.4
1990	79	75.7
1991	79.3	75.9
1992	79.3	76.3
1993	79.4	76.2
1994	79.8	76.7
1995	79.7	76.6
1996	80.4	76.9
1997	80.6	77.1
1998	80.6	77.3
1999	80.6	77.4
2000	81.2	77.8
2001	81.5	78.1
2002	81.8	78.2
2003	81.9	78.3
2004	82.1	78.9
2005	82	79.1
2006	82.4	79.3
2007	82.5	79.5
2008	82.6	79.7
2009	83	80.2
2010	82.9	80.4
2011	82.7	80.8
2012	83.2	80.9
2013	83.4	80.9
2014	83.6	81.2
2015	83.9	80.9
2016	84.1	81.1
2017	84.2	81.2
2018	84.3	81.1
2019	84.4	81.4
2020	84.7	80.4
2021	84.6	80.7
2022	84.1	81.1
2023	84.7	81.3
2024	84.9	81.4
2025	85	81.6

Japan and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	United Kingdom
1960	93,216,000	52,400,000
1961	94,055,000	52,800,000
1962	94,933,000	53,250,000
1963	95,900,000	53,650,000
1964	96,903,000	54,000,000
1965	97,952,000	54,348,050
1966	98,851,000	54,648,500
1967	99,879,000	54,943,600
1968	101,011,000	55,211,700
1969	102,219,000	55,441,750
1970	103,403,000	55,663,250
1971	105,697,000	55,896,223
1972	107,188,000	56,086,065
1973	108,707,000	56,194,527
1974	110,162,000	56,229,974
1975	111,573,000	56,225,800
1976	112,775,000	56,211,968
1977	113,872,000	56,193,492
1978	114,913,000	56,196,504
1979	115,890,000	56,246,951
1980	116,807,000	56,314,216
1981	117,661,000	56,333,829
1982	118,480,000	56,313,641
1983	119,307,000	56,332,848
1984	120,083,000	56,422,072
1985	120,837,000	56,550,268
1986	121,482,000	56,681,396
1987	122,069,000	56,802,050
1988	122,578,000	56,928,327
1989	123,069,000	57,076,711
1990	123,478,000	57,247,586
1991	123,964,000	57,424,897
1992	124,425,000	57,580,402
1993	124,829,000	57,718,614
1994	125,178,000	57,865,745
1995	125,472,000	58,019,030
1996	125,757,000	58,166,950
1997	126,057,000	58,316,954
1998	126,400,000	58,487,141
1999	126,631,000	58,682,466
2000	126,843,000	58,892,514
2001	127,149,000	59,119,673
2002	127,445,000	59,370,479
2003	127,718,000	59,647,577
2004	127,761,000	59,987,905
2005	127,773,000	60,401,206
2006	127,854,000	60,846,820
2007	128,001,000	61,322,463
2008	128,063,000	61,806,995
2009	128,047,000	62,276,270
2010	128,070,000	62,766,365
2011	127,833,000	63,258,810
2012	127,629,000	63,711,000
2013	127,445,000	64,139,000
2014	127,276,000	64,620,000
2015	127,141,000	65,088,000
2016	127,076,000	65,607,000
2017	126,972,000	65,966,000
2018	126,811,000	66,289,000
2019	126,633,000	66,631,000
2020	126,261,000	66,744,000
2021	125,681,593	66,984,000
2022	125,124,989	67,604,000
2023	124,516,650	68,492,000
2024	123,975,371	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Japan and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Japan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	United Kingdom
1960	2	2.69
1961	1.96	2.78
1962	1.98	2.86
1963	2	2.88
1964	2.05	2.93
1965	2.14	2.86
1966	1.58	2.78
1967	2.23	2.68
1968	2.13	2.6
1969	2.13	2.51
1970	2.13	2.44
1971	2.16	2.41
1972	2.14	2.2
1973	2.14	2.04
1974	2.05	1.92
1975	1.91	1.81
1976	1.85	1.74
1977	1.8	1.69
1978	1.79	1.75
1979	1.77	1.86
1980	1.75	1.9
1981	1.74	1.82
1982	1.77	1.78
1983	1.8	1.77
1984	1.81	1.77
1985	1.76	1.79
1986	1.72	1.78
1987	1.69	1.81
1988	1.66	1.82
1989	1.57	1.79
1990	1.54	1.83
1991	1.53	1.82
1992	1.5	1.79
1993	1.46	1.76
1994	1.5	1.74
1995	1.42	1.71
1996	1.43	1.73
1997	1.39	1.72
1998	1.38	1.71
1999	1.34	1.68
2000	1.36	1.64
2001	1.33	1.63
2002	1.32	1.63
2003	1.29	1.7
2004	1.29	1.75
2005	1.26	1.76
2006	1.32	1.82
2007	1.34	1.86
2008	1.37	1.91
2009	1.37	1.89
2010	1.39	1.92
2011	1.39	1.91
2012	1.41	1.92
2013	1.43	1.83
2014	1.42	1.81
2015	1.45	1.8
2016	1.44	1.79
2017	1.43	1.74
2018	1.42	1.68
2019	1.36	1.63
2020	1.33	1.57
2021	1.3	1.58
2022	1.26	1.56
2023	1.2	1.56

Japan and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Japan

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	United Kingdom
1960	25.8	35.5
1961	26.2	35.4
1962	26.5	35.3
1963	26.9	35.3
1964	27.2	35.2
1965	27.6	35.1
1966	28	34.9
1967	28.4	34.8
1968	28.6	34.6
1969	28.9	34.4
1970	29.2	34.2
1971	29.6	34.1
1972	29.9	34
1973	30.2	34
1974	30.4	34
1975	30.6	34
1976	30.9	34
1977	31.5	34.1
1978	32	34.2
1979	32.4	34.3
1980	32.8	34.4
1981	33.1	34.5
1982	33.7	34.8
1983	34.3	35
1984	34.9	35.2
1985	35.4	35.3
1986	35.9	35.4
1987	36.3	35.4
1988	36.8	35.7
1989	37.2	35.9
1990	37.7	36
1991	38.2	36.1
1992	38.7	36.2
1993	39.2	36.3
1994	39.6	36.5
1995	40	36.6
1996	40.3	36.8
1997	40.7	37
1998	41	37.2
1999	41.4	37.4
2000	41.8	37.7
2001	42.1	37.9
2002	42.5	38.1
2003	42.8	38.2
2004	43.2	38.4
2005	43.6	38.5
2006	43.9	38.6
2007	44.2	38.8
2008	44.6	38.9
2009	44.9	39
2010	45.2	39.2
2011	45.5	39.3
2012	45.8	39.5
2013	46.2	39.6
2014	46.6	39.7
2015	47	39.8
2016	47.3	39.8
2017	47.6	39.9
2018	48	40
2019	48.3	40.1
2020	48.7	40.2
2021	49.1	40.3
2022	49.5	40.5
2023	50	40.8
2024	50.4	41

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