General information
Japan | South Korea | |
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Region: | East Asia | East Asia |
Area: | 377,970 km² | 100,339 km² |
Official language: | Japanese | Korean |
Government form: | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Presidential republic |
Independent since: | 660 BC | 1948 AD |
Capital: | Tokyo | Seoul |
Population
Japan | South Korea | |
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Population: | 125,836,000 | 51,781,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 332.9 | 516.1 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 82 years | Ø 81 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 88 years | Ø 87 years |
Average age: | Ø 48.6 years | Ø 43.2 years |
Birthrate: | 7.00 ‰ | 5.90 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 11.10 ‰ | 5.70 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 0.75 ‰ | 2.65 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Japan | South Korea | |
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Political stability: | 87 | 81 |
Civil rights: | 86 | 75 |
Health: | 92 | 92 |
Climate: | 58 | 56 |
Cost of Living: | 26 | 42 |
Popularity: | 36 | 39 |
Economy
Japan | South Korea | |
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Currency: | Japanese Yen (1 JPY = 100 Sen) | Won (1 KRW =100 Chon) |
Unemployment rate: | 2.8 % | 3.5 % |
Inflation rate: | -0.23 % | 2.50 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 103.69 % | 84.63 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 46.70 % | 33.20 % |
Average income: | 40,360 US$ | 32,930 US$ |
Corruption index: | 73 (good) | 62 (moderate) |
JPN: total | per 1000 inh. | KOR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 5,057,759 M US$ | 40.19 M US$ | 1,637,896 M US$ | 31.63 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 5,079,042 M US$ | 40.36 M US$ | 1,706,856 M US$ | 32.96 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 793,323 M US$ | 6.30 M US$ | 771,202 M US$ | 14.89 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 799,523 M US$ | 6.35 M US$ | 698,103 M US$ | 13.48 M US$ |
Infrastructure
JPN: total | per 1000 inh. | KOR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 1,218,772 km | 9.69 km | 100,428 km | 1.94 km |
Railways: | 27,311 km | 0.22 km | 4,111 km | 0.08 km |
Waterways: | 1,770 km | 0.01 km | 1,600 km | 0.03 km |
Harbours: | 5,201 | 0.041 | 1,904 | 0.037 |
Airports: | 175 | 0.001 | 111 | 0.002 |
Energy balance
JPN: total | per 1000 inh. | KOR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 943.70 bn kWh | 7.50 m kWh | 507.60 bn kWh | 9.80 m kWh |
Energy production: | 989.30 bn kWh | 7.86 m kWh | 526.00 bn kWh | 10.16 m kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 1.11 bn t | 8,790.41 t | 630.87 m t | 12,183.53 t |
Telecommunication
Japan | South Korea | |
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International dialing: | +81 | +82 |
Internet domain: | .jp | .kr |
JPN total | JPN per 1000 inh. | KOR total | KOR per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 62,252,837 | 495 | 23,858,239 | 461 |
Mobile cellulars: | 192,284,308 | 1528 | 70,513,676 | 1362 |
Internet server: | 64,453,000 | 512 | 315,697 | 6 |
Internet users: | 116,688,243 | 927 | 49,970,879 | 965 |
Broadband Internet: | 44,000,791 | 350 | 22,327,182 | 431 |
Healthcare system
Japan | South Korea | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 12.98 | 12.43 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 2.41 | 2.37 |
Diabetes: | 5.6 % | 6.9 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.5 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 66.0 % | 82.0 % |
Smokers: | 20.5 % | 21.4 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Japan and South KoreaJapan | South Korea | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 20.1 °C | 18.2 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 12.1 °C | 9.9 °C |
Water temperature: | 19.4 °C | 12.8 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 68 % | 69 % |
Rain days: | 9.7 | 6.8 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.4 | 6.1 |
Native languages
Japan | South Korea | |
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Korean: | 0.5 % | 99.9 % |
Japanese: | 99.1 % | n/a |
Chinese: | 0.2 % | 0.1 % |
English: | 0.1 % | n/a |
Filipino: | 0.1 % | n/a |
other: | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
Religions
Japan | South Korea | |
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Shinto: | 79.2 % | n/a |
Buddhism: | 66.8 % | 24.2 % |
Nondenominational: | n/a | 43.3 % |
Christianity: | 1.5 % | 31.6 % |
other: | -47.5 % | 0.9 % |