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Japan vs Yemen statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 61st vs. 49th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

Main facts and rankings

Japan Yemen
Population
123324642
42727988
Population rank 12/197 37/197
GDP
$4.03T
2024
$21.6B
2018
GDP rank 4/197 124/197
GDP per capita
$32,476
2024
$634
2018
GDP per capita rank 37/197 192/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$51,685
2024
$3,164
2013
Government debt
$9.53T
2024
$18.8B
2018
Debt-to-GDP ratio
234.9%
2025
71.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$76,857
2024
$551
2018
Government debt per person rank 3/185 164/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$23,719
2025
$1,333
2025
Land area
140,761 sq mi
2025
203,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
881 ppl/mi²
2024
199.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.2
2023
4.59
2023
Median age
50.4 years
2024
19.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
85 years
2025
69.6 years
2025

Japan and Yemen: Comparison Charts

Japan and Yemen economies compared

GDP
Japan

Yemen
Year GDP
Japan Yemen
1960 $47,419,238,274 -
1961 $57,266,758,180 -
1962 $64,987,857,542 -
1963 $74,379,284,603 -
1964 $87,490,590,818 -
1965 $97,338,107,606 -
1966 $113,046,784,179 -
1967 $132,475,614,227 -
1968 $156,897,496,759 -
1969 $184,298,841,305 -
1970 $217,223,652,719 -
1971 $245,364,056,622 -
1972 $324,933,841,269 -
1973 $441,460,582,536 -
1974 $490,035,789,970 -
1975 $532,861,438,885 -
1976 $598,883,902,156 -
1977 $737,069,290,928 -
1978 $1,035,611,588,217 -
1979 $1,077,910,077,676 -
1980 $1,129,377,244,854 -
1981 $1,245,221,410,764 -
1982 $1,158,731,426,906 -
1983 $1,270,859,919,743 -
1984 $1,345,824,500,837 -
1985 $1,427,019,759,717 -
1986 $2,120,083,812,110 -
1987 $2,580,748,422,781 -
1988 $3,125,724,434,401 -
1989 $3,109,455,047,824 -
1990 $3,185,904,656,664 $12,643,821,569
1991 $3,648,065,760,649 $14,665,445,462
1992 $3,980,702,922,118 $17,959,367,194
1993 $4,536,940,479,038 $21,736,802,664
1994 $4,998,797,547,741 $28,019,483,764
1995 $5,545,563,663,890 $12,796,345,679
1996 $4,923,391,533,852 $6,496,163,616
1997 $4,492,448,605,639 $6,838,298,531
1998 $4,098,362,709,531 $6,322,175,566
1999 $4,635,982,224,064 $7,639,325,296
2000 $4,968,359,075,957 $9,679,316,770
2001 $4,374,711,694,091 $9,852,990,693
2002 $4,182,846,045,874 $10,693,430,511
2003 $4,519,561,645,254 $11,777,532,662
2004 $4,893,116,005,657 $13,867,634,371
2005 $4,831,467,035,390 $16,731,566,717
2006 $4,601,663,122,650 $19,063,143,370
2007 $4,579,750,920,355 $21,650,528,674
2008 $5,106,679,115,127 $26,910,855,807
2009 $5,289,493,117,994 $25,130,278,213
2010 $5,759,071,769,013 $30,906,749,533
2011 $6,233,147,172,341 $32,726,417,878
2012 $6,272,362,996,105 $35,401,331,609
2013 $5,212,328,181,166 $40,415,233,436
2014 $4,896,994,405,353 $43,228,585,321
2015 $4,444,930,651,964 $42,444,490,074
2016 $5,003,677,627,544 $31,317,825,274
2017 $4,930,837,369,151 $26,842,229,045
2018 $5,040,880,939,325 $21,606,160,663
2019 $5,117,993,853,017 -
2020 $5,054,068,005,376 -
2021 $5,039,148,168,861 -
2022 $4,262,463,317,797 -
2023 $4,213,167,237,906 -
2024 $4,026,210,821,147 -

Japan and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita
Japan

Yemen
Year GDP per capita
Japan Yemen
1960 $509 -
1961 $609 -
1962 $685 -
1963 $776 -
1964 $903 -
1965 $994 -
1966 $1,144 -
1967 $1,326 -
1968 $1,553 -
1969 $1,803 -
1970 $2,101 -
1971 $2,321 -
1972 $3,031 -
1973 $4,061 -
1974 $4,448 -
1975 $4,776 -
1976 $5,310 -
1977 $6,473 -
1978 $9,012 -
1979 $9,301 -
1980 $9,669 -
1981 $10,583 -
1982 $9,780 -
1983 $10,652 -
1984 $11,207 -
1985 $11,809 -
1986 $17,452 -
1987 $21,142 -
1988 $25,500 -
1989 $25,266 -
1990 $25,801 $910
1991 $29,428 $1,016
1992 $31,993 $1,198
1993 $36,345 $1,397
1994 $39,934 $1,735
1995 $44,198 $764
1996 $39,150 $375
1997 $35,638 $383
1998 $32,424 $343
1999 $36,610 $401
2000 $39,169 $493
2001 $34,406 $487
2002 $32,821 $513
2003 $35,387 $549
2004 $38,299 $628
2005 $37,813 $734
2006 $35,992 $810
2007 $35,779 $890
2008 $39,876 $1,072
2009 $41,309 $969
2010 $44,968 $1,155
2011 $48,760 $1,186
2012 $49,145 $1,245
2013 $40,899 $1,379
2014 $38,475 $1,430
2015 $34,961 $1,362
2016 $39,375 $975
2017 $38,834 $811
2018 $39,751 $634
2019 $40,416 -
2020 $40,029 -
2021 $40,095 -
2022 $34,066 -
2023 $33,836 -
2024 $32,476 -

Japan vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Japan

Yemen
Year Life expectancy, years
Japan Yemen
1950 59.3 28.9
1951 61 29.3
1952 63 29.6
1953 63.3 30
1954 64.5 30.4
1955 65.7 30.8
1956 65.6 31.3
1957 65.4 31.8
1958 67 32.4
1959 67.5 32.9
1960 67.7 33.5
1961 68.4 34.1
1962 68.7 33.7
1963 69.7 33.4
1964 70.2 34.9
1965 70.3 35.6
1966 71.1 36.3
1967 71.4 37.1
1968 71.7 38
1969 71.9 39.6
1970 72 40.6
1971 72.8 41.8
1972 73.3 42.7
1973 73.4 43.6
1974 73.8 44.5
1975 74.4 45.5
1976 74.8 46.4
1977 75.3 47.4
1978 75.7 48.5
1979 76.2 49.5
1980 76.1 50.6
1981 76.6 51.7
1982 77.1 52.4
1983 77.1 53.6
1984 77.5 54.6
1985 77.8 55.4
1986 78.2 54
1987 78.6 56.8
1988 78.5 57.4
1989 79 58
1990 79 58.5
1991 79.3 58.8
1992 79.3 59.3
1993 79.4 59.7
1994 79.8 59.8
1995 79.7 60.5
1996 80.4 60.9
1997 80.6 61.3
1998 80.6 61.8
1999 80.6 62.3
2000 81.2 62.8
2001 81.5 63.3
2002 81.8 63.8
2003 81.9 64.4
2004 82.1 64.9
2005 82 65.4
2006 82.4 65.8
2007 82.5 66.2
2008 82.6 66.6
2009 83 66.9
2010 82.9 67.2
2011 82.7 67.4
2012 83.2 67.6
2013 83.4 68
2014 83.6 68
2015 83.9 66.8
2016 84.1 67.1
2017 84.2 67.1
2018 84.3 65.9
2019 84.4 66.6
2020 84.7 66.4
2021 84.6 66
2022 84.1 68
2023 84.7 69.3
2024 84.9 69.4
2025 85 69.6

Japan and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population
Japan

Yemen
Year Population
Japan Yemen
1960 93,216,000 5,532,301
1961 94,055,000 5,655,232
1962 94,933,000 5,782,221
1963 95,900,000 5,911,135
1964 96,903,000 6,048,006
1965 97,952,000 6,195,593
1966 98,851,000 6,351,494
1967 99,879,000 6,516,444
1968 101,011,000 6,690,524
1969 102,219,000 6,875,859
1970 103,403,000 7,065,279
1971 105,697,000 7,257,462
1972 107,188,000 7,460,068
1973 108,707,000 7,672,796
1974 110,162,000 7,896,783
1975 111,573,000 8,133,598
1976 112,775,000 8,384,113
1977 113,872,000 8,648,222
1978 114,913,000 8,926,586
1979 115,890,000 9,224,194
1980 116,807,000 9,543,358
1981 117,661,000 9,882,362
1982 118,480,000 10,241,006
1983 119,307,000 10,621,499
1984 120,083,000 11,025,597
1985 120,837,000 11,453,825
1986 121,482,000 11,901,040
1987 122,069,000 12,369,912
1988 122,578,000 12,859,708
1989 123,069,000 13,364,174
1990 123,478,000 13,887,862
1991 123,964,000 14,430,201
1992 124,425,000 14,989,494
1993 124,829,000 15,563,914
1994 125,178,000 16,149,147
1995 125,472,000 16,740,058
1996 125,757,000 17,313,177
1997 126,057,000 17,873,936
1998 126,400,000 18,446,013
1999 126,631,000 19,029,420
2000 126,843,000 19,624,141
2001 127,149,000 20,226,147
2002 127,445,000 20,835,086
2003 127,718,000 21,456,379
2004 127,761,000 22,095,167
2005 127,773,000 22,790,085
2006 127,854,000 23,543,083
2007 128,001,000 24,318,082
2008 128,063,000 25,111,941
2009 128,047,000 25,927,724
2010 128,070,000 26,754,387
2011 127,833,000 27,582,897
2012 127,629,000 28,433,647
2013 127,445,000 29,312,952
2014 127,276,000 30,226,309
2015 127,141,000 31,159,379
2016 127,076,000 32,109,010
2017 126,972,000 33,090,921
2018 126,811,000 34,085,182
2019 126,633,000 35,111,408
2020 126,261,000 36,134,863
2021 125,681,593 37,140,230
2022 125,124,989 38,222,876
2023 124,516,650 39,390,799
2024 123,975,371 40,583,164

Fertility rates in Japan and Yemen

Fertility rate
Japan

Yemen
Year Fertility rate
Japan Yemen
1960 2 7.99
1961 1.96 8
1962 1.98 8.01
1963 2 8.03
1964 2.05 8.07
1965 2.14 8.1
1966 1.58 8.14
1967 2.23 8.17
1968 2.13 8.19
1969 2.13 8.22
1970 2.13 8.23
1971 2.16 8.26
1972 2.14 8.27
1973 2.14 8.29
1974 2.05 8.33
1975 1.91 8.37
1976 1.85 8.42
1977 1.8 8.47
1978 1.79 8.5
1979 1.77 8.67
1980 1.75 8.71
1981 1.74 8.75
1982 1.77 8.79
1983 1.8 8.83
1984 1.81 8.85
1985 1.76 8.86
1986 1.72 8.86
1987 1.69 8.83
1988 1.66 8.79
1989 1.57 8.71
1990 1.54 8.61
1991 1.53 8.46
1992 1.5 8.27
1993 1.46 8.05
1994 1.5 7.8
1995 1.42 7.53
1996 1.43 7
1997 1.39 6.82
1998 1.38 6.64
1999 1.34 6.49
2000 1.36 6.32
2001 1.33 6.14
2002 1.32 5.97
2003 1.29 5.84
2004 1.29 5.71
2005 1.26 5.56
2006 1.32 5.41
2007 1.34 5.26
2008 1.37 5.11
2009 1.37 5
2010 1.39 4.81
2011 1.39 4.63
2012 1.41 4.63
2013 1.43 4.62
2014 1.42 4.62
2015 1.45 4.62
2016 1.44 4.61
2017 1.43 4.61
2018 1.42 4.61
2019 1.36 4.6
2020 1.33 4.6
2021 1.3 4.6
2022 1.26 4.59
2023 1.2 4.59

Japan and Yemen demographics compared

Median age
Japan

Yemen
Year Median age, years
Japan Yemen
1960 25.8 19.7
1961 26.2 19.6
1962 26.5 19.6
1963 26.9 19.5
1964 27.2 19.4
1965 27.6 19.3
1966 28 19.2
1967 28.4 19.1
1968 28.6 18.9
1969 28.9 18.7
1970 29.2 18.4
1971 29.6 18.1
1972 29.9 17.8
1973 30.2 17.6
1974 30.4 17.3
1975 30.6 17
1976 30.9 16.8
1977 31.5 16.6
1978 32 16.3
1979 32.4 16.1
1980 32.8 15.9
1981 33.1 15.7
1982 33.7 15.5
1983 34.3 15.3
1984 34.9 15.1
1985 35.4 15
1986 35.9 14.9
1987 36.3 14.8
1988 36.8 14.7
1989 37.2 14.6
1990 37.7 14.6
1991 38.2 14.6
1992 38.7 14.6
1993 39.2 14.6
1994 39.6 14.6
1995 40 14.7
1996 40.3 14.8
1997 40.7 14.9
1998 41 15
1999 41.4 15.2
2000 41.8 15.4
2001 42.1 15.6
2002 42.5 15.8
2003 42.8 16
2004 43.2 16.2
2005 43.6 16.4
2006 43.9 16.7
2007 44.2 16.9
2008 44.6 17.2
2009 44.9 17.4
2010 45.2 17.7
2011 45.5 17.9
2012 45.8 18.1
2013 46.2 18.3
2014 46.6 18.5
2015 47 18.7
2016 47.3 18.8
2017 47.6 18.9
2018 48 19
2019 48.3 19.1
2020 48.7 19.1
2021 49.1 19.1
2022 49.5 19.2
2023 50 19.2
2024 50.4 19.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Japan Yemen
GNI, Atlas method
$4.47T
2024
$25.3B
2018
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.6%
2025
9.59%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.24%
2022
5.46%
2012
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.2%
2023
3.97%
2014
Armed forces personnel
261,000
2020
40,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.85%
2025
-3.73%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.5%
2024
13.5%
2014
Services, % of GDP
69.8%
2023
41.8%
2018
Industry, % of GDP
28.6%
2023
25.4%
2018
Economic freedom index
70.2
2025
53.7
2015
Income share by richest 10%
23.9%
2020
29.4%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
2.4%
2020
3%
2014
Number of millionaires
2,827,956
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
2.72%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
42
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
3,971
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.31T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.23T
2024
$1.25B
2022
Personal remittances received
$4.64B
2024
$3.43B
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,115,799
2020
398,000
2015
International tourism as share of exports
1.43%
2020
12.4%
2016
Banked people share
98.5%
2024
11.9%
2022

Energy

Japan Yemen
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,039 kg
2023
68.9 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.4
2023
$11.2
2013
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
945 megatons
2023
10.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.59 tons
2023
0.28 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
84.8%
2023
93.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
8.8%
2021
3.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
10.8%
2023
1.64%
2022
Net energy imports use share
87.3%
2023
-11%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
7,655 kWh
2023
54 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
21.1%
2021
21.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
8.48%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
8.38%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
83.6%
2023

Society

Japan Yemen
% of world population
1.52%
2024
0.5%
2024
Annual migration change
+153,357
2024
-10,482
2024
Urban population
92.1%
2024
40.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.39 ft
2025
Average female height
5.2 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
88.6
2025
16.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
71
2024
13
2024
Higher education index
98
2025
20
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.23
2022
6.31
2013
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
3.6
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
46
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2002
54.1%
2004
English speaking
15%
2025
9%
2023
People using the Internet
87%
2023
13.8%
2020

Health

Japan Yemen
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,889
2022
$38.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$427
2022
$26.8
2022
Life expectancy
85 years
2025
69.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
23.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.61
2020
0.29
2014
Age at first childbirth
30.7 years
2025
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
39.3
2023
Obesity rate
5.57%
2022
14.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.1%
2024
5.5%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
31
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
19.2%
2022
21.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.38 liters
2020
0.04 liters
2020

Territory

Japan Yemen
% of world land
0.24%
2025
0.35%
2025
Land area per capita
1,135 sq mi
2024
5,023 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
17,788 sq mi
2025
90,549 sq mi
2025
Forest area
96,275 sq mi
2025
2,120 sq mi
2025
Roads length
757,310 mi
2021
n/a

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