This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Japan and South Korea. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
The data for each country can be found here: Japan and South Korea
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
Japan
South Korea
General information
Japan | South Korea | |
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Region: | East Asia | East Asia |
Area: | 377,970 km² | 100,339 km² |
National language: | Japanese | Korean |
Government form: | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Presidential republic |
Independent since: | 660 BC | 1948 AD |
Capital: | Tokyo | Seoul |
Population
Details for Japan and South KoreaJapan | South Korea | |
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Population: | 125,682,000 | 51,745,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 332.5 | 515.7 |
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 |
Birth rate: | 6.80 ‰ | 5.30 ‰ |
Death rate: | 11.10 ‰ | 5.90 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 0.74 ‰ | 2.61 ‰ |
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: | 86 | 83 |
Civil rights: | 88 | 77 |
Health: | 92 | 92 |
Climate: | 54 | 56 |
Cost of Living: | 29 | 43 |
Popularity: | 41 | 41 |
Economy
Details for Japan and South KoreaJapan | South Korea | |
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Currency: | Japanese yen (1 JPY = 100 Sen) | South Korean won (1 KRW =100 Chon) |
Unemployment rate: | 2.6 % | 2.8 % |
Inflation rate: | 2.50 % | 5.09 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 89.82 % | 77.72 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 46.70 % | 33.20 % |
Average income: | 42,650 US$ | 35,110 US$ |
Corruption index: | 27 (good) | 37 (moderate) |
JPN: total | per 1000 inh. | KOR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 4,940,878 M US$ | 39.31 M US$ | 1,810,956 M US$ | 35.00 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 5,360,684 M US$ | 42.65 M US$ | 1,816,733 M US$ | 35.11 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 919,158 M US$ | 7.31 M US$ | 820,643 M US$ | 15.86 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 941,671 M US$ | 7.49 M US$ | 811,129 M US$ | 15.68 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Japan and South KoreaJPN: total | per 1000 inh. | KOR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 1,218,772 km | 9.70 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 | 0.0414 | 1,904 | 0.0368 |
Passenger airports: | 80 | 0.0006 | 15 | 0.0003 |
Energy balance
Details for Japan and South KoreaJPN: total | per 1000 inh. | KOR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Production capacity: | 3.054 tn kWh | 24.30 m kWh | 1.190 tn kWh | 22.99 m kWh |
Energy consumption: | 903.70 bn kWh | 7.19 m kWh | 531.26 bn kWh | 10.27 m kWh |
Energy production: | 947.79 bn kWh | 7.54 m kWh | 549.87 bn kWh | 10.63 m kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 1.08 bn t | 8,605.65 t | 610.79 m t | 11,803.85 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Japan and South KoreaJapan | 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: | 61,583,600 | 490 | 23,213,189 | 449 |
Mobile cellulars: | 200,478,808 | 1595 | 72,855,492 | 1408 |
Internet server: | 64,453,000 | 513 | 315,697 | 6 |
Internet users: | 113,389,252 | 902 | 50,488,162 | 976 |
Broadband Internet: | 45,168,114 | 359 | 22,944,268 | 443 |
Healthcare system
Details for Japan and South KoreaJapan | South Korea | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 12.98 | 12.43 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 2.41 | 2.37 |
Diabetes: | 5.6 % | 6.9 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.11 ‰ | 0.44 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 65.0 % | 81.0 % |
Smokers: | 20.1 % | 20.8 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Japan and South Korea
Japan | South Korea | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 19.2 °C | 18.3 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 11.5 °C | 10.0 °C |
Water temperature: | 18.0 °C | 12.8 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 69 % | 69 % |
Rain days: | 10.0 | 6.8 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.3 | 6.2 |
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
Japan
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Native languages
Japan | South Korea | |
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Korean: | 0.5 % | 99.9 % |
Japanese: | 99.1 % | n/a |
Chinese: | 0.2 % | 0.1 % |
Tagalog: | 0.1 % | n/a |
English: | 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 % |