Japan vs Vatican statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 61st vs. 197th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Japan and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Japan vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Vatican

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Vatican
1950	59.3	65.9
1951	61	65.3
1952	63	65.7
1953	63.3	66.3
1954	64.5	67.5
1955	65.7	67.8
1956	65.6	67.3
1957	65.4	67.5
1958	67	68.7
1959	67.5	69.2
1960	67.7	69.2
1961	68.4	69.8
1962	68.7	69.2
1963	69.7	69.3
1964	70.2	70.3
1965	70.3	70.1
1966	71.1	70.9
1967	71.4	70.9
1968	71.7	70.7
1969	71.9	70.7
1970	72	71.5
1971	72.8	71.7
1972	73.3	72
1973	73.4	71.9
1974	73.8	72.7
1975	74.4	72.6
1976	74.8	72.9
1977	75.3	73.3
1978	75.7	73.7
1979	76.2	74
1980	76.1	74.1
1981	76.6	74.3
1982	77.1	74.8
1983	77.1	74.7
1984	77.5	75.1
1985	77.8	75.5
1986	78.2	75.7
1987	78.6	76.2
1988	78.5	76.4
1989	79	76.8
1990	79	76.9
1991	79.3	76.9
1992	79.3	77.3
1993	79.4	77
1994	79.8	77.7
1995	79.7	77.8
1996	80.4	78.5
1997	80.6	78.2
1998	80.6	78.3
1999	80.6	78.7
2000	81.2	79.3
2001	81.5	79.9
2002	81.8	80
2003	81.9	79.8
2004	82.1	80.2
2005	82	80.6
2006	82.4	81.2
2007	82.5	81.3
2008	82.6	81.4
2009	83	81.3
2010	82.9	81.5
2011	82.7	81.7
2012	83.2	82
2013	83.4	82.5
2014	83.6	82.6
2015	83.9	82.5
2016	84.1	82.9
2017	84.2	82.7
2018	84.3	83.3
2019	84.4	83.6
2020	84.7	83
2021	84.6	82.9
2022	84.1	83.3
2023	84.7	83
2024	84.9	83.1
2025	85	83.3

Japan and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Vatican

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Vatican
1960	93,216,000	-
1961	94,055,000	-
1962	94,933,000	-
1963	95,900,000	-
1964	96,903,000	-
1965	97,952,000	-
1966	98,851,000	-
1967	99,879,000	-
1968	101,011,000	-
1969	102,219,000	-
1970	103,403,000	-
1971	105,697,000	-
1972	107,188,000	-
1973	108,707,000	-
1974	110,162,000	-
1975	111,573,000	-
1976	112,775,000	-
1977	113,872,000	-
1978	114,913,000	-
1979	115,890,000	-
1980	116,807,000	-
1981	117,661,000	-
1982	118,480,000	-
1983	119,307,000	-
1984	120,083,000	-
1985	120,837,000	-
1986	121,482,000	-
1987	122,069,000	-
1988	122,578,000	-
1989	123,069,000	-
1990	123,478,000	-
1991	123,964,000	-
1992	124,425,000	-
1993	124,829,000	-
1994	125,178,000	-
1995	125,472,000	-
1996	125,757,000	-
1997	126,057,000	-
1998	126,400,000	-
1999	126,631,000	-
2000	126,843,000	880
2001	127,149,000	890
2002	127,445,000	900
2003	127,718,000	911
2004	127,761,000	921
2005	127,773,000	921
2006	127,854,000	932
2007	128,001,000	821
2008	128,063,000	824
2009	128,047,000	826
2010	128,070,000	829
2011	127,833,000	832
2012	127,629,000	836
2013	127,445,000	839
2014	127,276,000	842
2015	127,141,000	1,000
2016	127,076,000	-
2017	126,972,000	1,000
2018	126,811,000	-
2019	126,633,000	1,000
2020	126,261,000	-
2021	125,681,593	-
2022	125,124,989	-
2023	124,516,650	-
2024	123,975,371	-

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