Japan's Total Size & Land Area: rank & territory types

Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi, and the total size is 145,936 sq mi, with inland water included. Japan rankes 62/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.24% of the land mass of all countries.
12.6% of its territory is agricultural land.
Japan has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area.
68.4% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 0.62% of the world's forests.

Japan total size and land area

	Japan	Rank
Total surface area	145,936 sq mi	62/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.07%	N/A
Land area	140,761 sq mi	61/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.24%	N/A
Population	123,975,371	12/197
Population density	872 ppl/mi²	28/197

Japan's True Size on the Map

Drag Japan across the map to see how the Mercator projection distorts its apparent size at different latitudes. Add more countries to compare.

Japan's area by type

	Japan	Rank
Forest area	96,275 sq mi	23/196
Forest area as share of land	68.4%	17/196
World's forests share	0.62%	N/A
Agricultural land	17,788 sq mi	92/194
Agricultural land share	12.6%	166/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	N/A
Arable land	15,614 sq mi	56/191
Arable land share	11.1%	92/191
Permanent cropland	981 sq mi	75/192
Permanent cropland share	0.7%	126/192
Water area	5,175 sq mi	37/197
Water as share of total area	3.55%	50/197
Roads length	757,310 mi	6/176
Land borders length	0 mi	173/197
Coastline length	18,486 mi	5/197
Share of marine protected waters	13.8%	35/155

Japan's size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Japan but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.