General information
Japan | United States | |
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Region: | East Asia | North America |
Area: | 377,970 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Japanese | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 660 BC | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Tokyo | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Japan | United States | |
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Population: | 125,836,000 | 329,484,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 332.9 | 33.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 82 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 88 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 48.6 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 7.00 ‰ | 11.40 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 11.10 ‰ | 8.70 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 0.75 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Japan | United States | |
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Political stability: | 87 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 86 | 81 |
Health: | 92 | 71 |
Climate: | 58 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 26 | 38 |
Popularity: | 38 | 67 |
Economy
Japan | United States | |
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Currency: | Japanese Yen (1 JPY = 100 Sen) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 2.8 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | -0.23 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 103.69 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 46.70 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 40,360 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 73 (good) | 67 (moderate) |
JPN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 5,057,759 M US$ | 40.19 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.59 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 5,079,042 M US$ | 40.36 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.53 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 793,323 M US$ | 6.30 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.48 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 799,523 M US$ | 6.35 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.53 M US$ |
Infrastructure
JPN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 1,218,772 km | 9.69 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.99 km |
Railways: | 27,311 km | 0.22 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 1,770 km | 0.01 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 5,201 | 0.041 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 175 | 0.001 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
JPN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 943.70 bn kWh | 7.50 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.84 m kWh |
Energy production: | 989.30 bn kWh | 7.86 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.43 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,424.79 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 220,708.66 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 1.11 bn t | 8,790.41 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,118.48 t |
Telecommunication
Japan | United States | |
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International dialing: | +81 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .jp | .us |
JPN total | JPN per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 62,252,837 | 495 | 103,052,000 | 313 |
Mobile cellulars: | 192,284,308 | 1528 | 442,457,000 | 1343 |
Internet server: | 64,453,000 | 512 | 505,000,000 | 1533 |
Internet users: | 116,688,243 | 927 | 294,658,590 | 894 |
Broadband Internet: | 44,000,791 | 350 | 121,176,000 | 368 |
Healthcare system
Japan | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 12.98 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 2.41 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 5.6 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.01 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 66.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 20.5 % | 23.4 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Japan and United StatesJapan | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 20.1 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 12.1 °C | 7.2 °C |
Water temperature: | 19.4 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 68 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 9.7 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.4 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Japan | United States | |
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Japanese: | 99.1 % | 0.2 % |
English: | 0.1 % | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Chinese: | 0.2 % | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Korean: | 0.5 % | 0.3 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Filipino: | 0.1 % | n/a |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 0.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Japan | United States | |
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Shinto: | 79.2 % | n/a |
Christianity: | 1.5 % | 78.5 % |
Buddhism: | 66.8 % | 0.7 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
other: | -47.5 % | 15.3 % |